Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids Suppress Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis in Association with Inhibition of Th1 and Th17 Cell Function

Hiromi Shoda; Ryoji Yanai; Takeru Yoshimura; Tomohiko Nagai; Kazuhiro Kimura; Lucia Sobrin; Kip M. Connor; Yukimi Sakoda; Koji Tamada; Tsunehiko Ikeda; Koh-Hei Sonoda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138241

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Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids Suppress Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis in Association with Inhibition of Th1 and Th17 Cell Function

Hiromi Shoda,

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan, Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical Collage, Osaka, Japan
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Ryoji Yanai ,

* E-mail: yanai@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Takeru Yoshimura,

Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Tomohiko Nagai,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Kazuhiro Kimura,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Lucia Sobrin,

Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kip M. Connor,

Affiliation Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Yukimi Sakoda,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Koji Tamada,

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Tsunehiko Ikeda,

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical Collage, Osaka, Japan
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Koh-Hei Sonoda

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Dietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids Suppress Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis in Association with Inhibition of Th1 and Th17 Cell Function

Hiromi Shoda,
Ryoji Yanai,
Takeru Yoshimura,
Tomohiko Nagai,
Kazuhiro Kimura,
Lucia Sobrin,
Kip M. Connor,
Yukimi Sakoda,
Koji Tamada,
Tsunehiko Ikeda

Published: September 22, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138241

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