Omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids supplementation on inflammatory biomakers: A systematic review of randomised clinical trials

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Rangel Huerta, Oscar D ^a   Aguilera, Concepcion M ^a   Mesa, Maria D ^a   Gil, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute Diseases; Biomarkers; Chronic Diseases; Cytokines; Eicosanoids; Inflammation; Omega 3 fatty acids; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; EOTAXIN; ICOSANOID; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; LEUKOTRIENE B4; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENDOTHELIUM; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PANCREATITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEPSIS;

EID: 84861152718     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512001559     Document Type: Review

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