Background Omega (n)-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are converted to bioactive lipid
components that are important mediators in metabolic and physiological pathways; …

Epidemiological studies on Greenland Inuits in the 1970s and subsequent human studies
have established an inverse relationship between the ingestion of omega-3 fatty acids [C 20 …

Accumulation and aggregation of misfolded proteins is a hallmark of several diseases
collectively known as proteinopathies. Autophagy has a cytoprotective role in diseases …

Current intakes of very long chain ω‐3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and
docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are low in most individuals living in Western countries. A good …

Polyunsaturated fatty acids, including docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22: 6n-3), modulate
immune responses and exert beneficial immunosuppressive effects, but the molecular …

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) have been shown to exert a multitude of beneficial
health effects. Growing evidence suggests that dietary omega-3 PUFA, which are abundant …

In this issue of The Journal of Nutrition, an article reporting on the effect of (n-3) PUFA on the
composition of lipid rafts in tumor cells is published, to our knowledge, for the first time (1) …

Strategies to reduce obesity have become public health priorities as the prevalence of
obesity has risen in the United States and around the world. While the anti-inflammatory and …

It is well known that ω-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) control some
key molecular cell mechanisms, resulting in a beneficial role in inflammatory diseases. Such …

The Omega-3 fatty acid DHA (docosahexaenoic acid, 22: 6) and its sister molecule EPA
(eicosapentaenoic acid, 20: 5) are highlighted here. These highly unsaturated fatty acids are …