N-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids shift estrogen signaling to inhibit human breast cancer cell growth.

Although evidence has shown the regulating effect of n-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acid (n-3 PUFA) on cell signaling transduction, it remains unknown whether n-3 PUFA treatment modulates estrogen signaling. The current study showed that docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20...

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Main Authors: Wenqing Cao, ZhiFan Ma, Mark M Rasenick, ShuYan Yeh, JiangZhou Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3532062?pdf=render