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Incorporation of a Dietary Omega 3 Fatty Acid Impairs Murine Macrophage Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Beside their health benefits, dietary omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) might impair host resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) by creating an immunosuppressive environment. We hypothesized that incorporation of n-3 PUFA suppresses activation of macrophage antimycob...

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Autores principales: Bonilla, Diana L., Ly, Lan H., Fan, Yang-Yi, Chapkin, Robert S., McMurray, David N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2878322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20526363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0010878