Chronic and degenerative diseases: Imilarities and differences between the effects of EPA and DHA on markers of atherosclerosis in human subjects

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 322-331

  Kelley, Darshan S ^a   Adkins, Yuriko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Intima media thickness; LDL size and numbers; TAG

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FIBRINOGEN; FISH OIL; GAMMA INTERFERON; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERMEDIATE DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; PADGEM PROTEIN; PALM OIL; PLACEBO; SERUM AMYLOID A; SOYBEAN OIL; SUNFLOWER OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; AUTACOID; CHYLOMICRON; LIPID;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SEA FOOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOSIS; VASODILATATION; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FAT INTAKE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHYLOMICRONS; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FISH OILS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LIPIDS;

EID: 84860847063     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665112000080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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