"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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fatty Acids, Omega-6" by people in Profiles.
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?-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cardiometabolic Health: Current Evidence, Controversies, and Research Gaps. Adv Nutr. 2018 Nov 01; 9(6):688-700.
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Medical and Surgical Treatment Options for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Dig Dis Sci. 2016 May; 61(5):1387-97.
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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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RE: Plasma phospholipid fatty acids and prostate cancer risk in the SELECT trial. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2014 Apr; 106(4):dju019.
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The impact of FADS genetic variants on ?6 polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in African Americans. BMC Genet. 2011 May 20; 12:50.
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A comparative study of tissue ?-6 and ?-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in benign and malignant pathologic stage pT2a radical prostatectomy specimens. Urol Oncol. 2013 Apr; 31(3):318-24.
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Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on components of the transforming growth factor beta-1 pathway: implication for dietary modification and prevention in ovarian cancer. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 May; 200(5):516.e1-6.
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The role of omega-3 dietary supplementation in blepharitis and meibomian gland dysfunction (an AOS thesis). Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc. 2008; 106:336-56.
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Dietary fatty acids correlate with prostate cancer biopsy grade and volume in Jamaican men. J Urol. 2007 Jan; 177(1):97-101; discussion 101.
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The effects of Omega-3 fatty acids on growth regulation of epithelial ovarian cancer cell lines. Gynecol Oncol. 2005 Oct; 99(1):58-64.