Inhibiting Delta-6 Desaturase Activity Suppresses Tumor Growth in Mice

Chengwei He; Xiying Qu; Jianbo Wan; Rong Rong; Lili Huang; Chun Cai; Keyuan Zhou; Yan Gu; Steven Y. Qian; Jing X. Kang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047567

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Inhibiting Delta-6 Desaturase Activity Suppresses Tumor Growth in Mice

Chengwei He,

Affiliations Laboratory for Lipid Medicine and Technology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine (UM), Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, China
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Xiying Qu,

Affiliation Laboratory for Lipid Medicine and Technology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jianbo Wan,

Affiliation Laboratory for Lipid Medicine and Technology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rong Rong,

Affiliation Laboratory for Lipid Medicine and Technology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Lili Huang,

Affiliation Laboratory for Lipid Medicine and Technology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Chun Cai,

Affiliation Laboratory for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, P. R. China
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Keyuan Zhou,

Affiliation Laboratory for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, P. R. China
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Yan Gu,

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
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Steven Y. Qian,

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
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Jing X. Kang

* E-mail: jxkang@partners.org

Affiliations Laboratory for Lipid Medicine and Technology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Laboratory for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, P. R. China
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Inhibiting Delta-6 Desaturase Activity Suppresses Tumor Growth in Mice

Chengwei He,
Xiying Qu,
Jianbo Wan,
Rong Rong,
Lili Huang,
Chun Cai,
Keyuan Zhou,
Yan Gu,
Steven Y. Qian,
Jing X. Kang

Published: October 24, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047567

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