The effect of dietary walnuts compared to fatty fish on eicosanoids, cytokines, soluble endothelial adhesion molecules and lymphocyte subsets: A randomized, controlled crossover trial

Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

Volumn 87, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 111-117

  Chiang, Yu Lan ^a   Haddad, Ella ^a   Rajaram, Sujatha ^a   Shavlik, David ^a   Sabaté, Joan ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossover study; Fatty fish; Inflammation; Walnuts

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LINOLEIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN E; THROMBOXANE B2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH MEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID COMPOSITION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THERAPY EFFECT; WALNUT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DIETARY FATS; EICOSANOIDS; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; JUGLANS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

JUGLANS;

EID: 84867232179     PISSN: 09523278     EISSN: 15322823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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