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Effect Of N-3 And N-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids On Inflammation, Tao Xu
Effect Of N-3 And N-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids On Inflammation, Tao Xu
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) has changed drastically in the past century in the American diet has received attention due to potential effects on chronic inflammation-related metabolic diseases. In this project, the effects of dietary PUFA content and the n-6 to n-3 ratio on inflammatory responses in the acute and chronic inflammation models were evaluated. The PUFA content was modified on a Western diet background to deliver both n-6 and n-3 intakes at the 10th and 90th percentile of the population in the United States, and models of acute and chronic inflammation were tested in mice model. …