Inhibiting delta-6 desaturase activity suppresses tumor growth in mice.

Recent studies have shown that a tumor-supportive microenvironment is characterized by high levels of pro-inflammatory and pro-angiogenic eicosanoids derived from omega-6 (n-6) arachidonic acid (AA). Although the metabolic pathways (COX, LOX, and P450) that generate these n-6 AA eicosanoids have bee...

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Main Authors: Chengwei He, Xiying Qu, Jianbo Wan, Rong Rong, Lili Huang, Chun Cai, Keyuan Zhou, Yan Gu, Steven Y Qian, Jing X Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3480421?pdf=render