"Fatty Acids, Omega-6" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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FATTY ACIDS which have the first unsaturated bond in the sixth position from the omega carbon. A typical American diet tends to contain substantially more omega-6 than OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D043371
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.251.355.343
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| Concept/Terms |
Fatty Acids, Omega-6- Fatty Acids, Omega-6
- Acids, Omega-6 Fatty
- N-6 Fatty Acids
- Acids, N-6 Fatty
- Fatty Acids, N-6
- N 6 Fatty Acids
- Omega-6 Fatty Acids
- Omega 6 Fatty Acids
- Fatty Acids, Omega 6
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fatty Acids, Omega-6" by people in Profiles.
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Blood fatty acid changes in healthy young Americans in response to a 10-week diet that increased n-3 and reduced n-6 fatty acid consumption: a randomised controlled trial. Br J Nutr. 2017 May; 117(9):1257-1269.
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Polyunsaturated fatty acid interactions and breast cancer incidence: a population-based case-control study on Long Island, New York. Ann Epidemiol. 2015 Dec; 25(12):929-35.
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Understanding diet and modeling changes in the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid composition of U.S. garrison foods for active duty personnel. Mil Med. 2014 Nov; 179(11 Suppl):168-75.
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Effect of a Mediterranean dietary pattern and vitamin D levels on Dry Eye syndrome. Cornea. 2014 May; 33(5):437-41.
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Fatty acids in breast milk associated with asthma-like symptoms and atopy in infancy: a longitudinal study. J Asthma. 2012 Nov; 49(9):926-34.
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Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids promote paclitaxel cytotoxicity via inhibition of the MDR1 gene in the human colon cancer Caco-2 cell line. J Am Coll Nutr. 2011 Aug; 30(4):265-73.
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Role of calcium and ROS in cell death induced by polyunsaturated fatty acids in murine thymocytes. J Cell Physiol. 2010 Nov; 225(3):829-36.
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Delayed spatial alternation impairments in adult rats following dietary n-6 deficiency during development. Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2005 May-Jun; 27(3):485-95.
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Very long chain PUFA in murine testicular triglycerides and cholesterol esters. Lipids. 2003 Jan; 38(1):73-80.
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The influence of chylomicron remnants on cholesteryl ester metabolism in cultured rat hepatocytes: comparison of the effects of particles enriched in n-3 or n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2001 Dec 30; 1534(2-3):96-109.