Effects of Parental Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake on Offspring Microbiome and Immunity

Ian A. Myles; Nathan B. Pincus; Natalia M. Fontecilla; Sandip K. Datta

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087181

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Effects of Parental Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake on Offspring Microbiome and Immunity

Ian A. Myles ,

* E-mail: mylesi@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Nathan B. Pincus ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan B. Pincus, Natalia M. Fontecilla

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Natalia M. Fontecilla ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan B. Pincus, Natalia M. Fontecilla

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Sandip K. Datta

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Effects of Parental Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake on Offspring Microbiome and Immunity

Ian A. Myles,
Nathan B. Pincus,
Natalia M. Fontecilla,
Sandip K. Datta

Published: January 29, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087181

About the Authors

Ian A. Myles

* E-mail: mylesi@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Nathan B. Pincus

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan B. Pincus, Natalia M. Fontecilla

Natalia M. Fontecilla

Contributed equally to this work with: Nathan B. Pincus, Natalia M. Fontecilla

Sandip K. Datta

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IM SD. Performed the experiments: IM NP NF. Analyzed the data: IM SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IM SD. Wrote the paper: IM NP SD.

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