Acute Lung Injury Is Reduced in <i>fat-1</i> Mice Endogenously Synthesizing n-3 Fatty Acids

Konstantin Mayer, Almuth Kiessling, Juliane Ott, Martina Barbara Schaefer, Matthias Hecker, Ingrid Henneke, Richard Schulz, Andreas Günther, Jingdong Wang, Lijun Wu,

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2009 · 55 citations · 43 references

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Abstract

fat-1 Mice exhibited reduced features of ALI and sickness behavior. Increasing the availability of n-3 FA may thus be beneficial in critically ill patients with ALI.

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