ArticleCommunications biology2019
Multi-omic analysis in transgenic mice implicates omega-6/omega-3 fatty acid imbalance as a risk factor for chronic disease.
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- Dietary Omega-3 PUFAs in Metabolic Disease Research: A Decade of Omics-Enabled Insights (2014-2024).Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Fatty Acid Signatures as Nutritional Indices: Molecular Gateways to Health, Aging, and Functional Food Innovation.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Broilers' Health and Meat Quality-Systematic Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Integrated Multi-Omics Analyses Identify Acupuncture-Associated Changes in Gut Microbiota, Short-Chain Fatty Acids, and TNC Gene Expression in Chronic Migraine Rats.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Article
- The Inflammatory Roles of n-3 and n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in COPD: Clinical Implications and Underlying Mechanisms.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Review
- Dietary Fatty Acids Modulate Gut Microbiota-Derived Trimethylamine-N-Oxide: Potential Mechanisms and Future Perspective.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Spectral immune cell profiling reveals modulations in immune cell response to repetitive inhaled organic dust exposure in a high omega-3 fatty acid mouse model.Lipids in health and disease · 2025Article
- Effects of increasing n3:n6 ratio by replacing extruded soybeans with extruded flaxseed on dry matter intake, rumen fluid bacteria, and liver lipid metabolism in transition cows.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Chia (Salvia hispanica L.), a functional 'superfood': new insights into its botanical, genetic and nutraceutical characteristics.Annals of botany · 2024Review
- Oxylipins Derived from PUFAs in Cardiometabolic Diseases: Mechanism of Actions and Possible Nutritional Interactions.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Murine hepatic proteome adaptation to high-fat diets with different contents of saturated fatty acids and linoleic acid : α-linolenic acid polyunsaturated fatty acid ratios.Journal of veterinary research · 2024Article
- The intestinal immune system and gut barrier function in obesity and ageing.The FEBS journal · 2023Review
- Fatty acid desaturase 2 determines the lipidomic landscape and steroidogenic function of the adrenal gland.Science advances · 2023Article
- Mendelian Randomization Analysis Reveals Causal Associations of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids with Sepsis and Mortality Risk.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2023Article
- Changes in the Physicochemical Properties of Chia (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Caiman's fat enriched with n-3 fatty acids: potential food supplement.Tropical animal health and production · 2023Article
- Emerging novel targets for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease treatment: Evidence from recent basic studies.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
- In Vitro Antioxidant Activities of Plant Polyphenol Extracts and Their Combined Effect with Flaxseed on Raw and Cooked Breast Muscle Fatty Acid Content, Lipid Health Indices and Oxidative Stability in Slow-Growing Sasso Chickens.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Plasma Levels of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Derived Oxylipins Are Associated with Fecal Microbiota Composition in Young Adults.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Natural Variation of Fatty Acid Desaturase Gene Affects Linolenic Acid Content and Starch Pasting Viscosity in Rice Grains.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
An unbalanced increase in dietary omega-6 (n-6) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and decrease in omega-3 (n-3) PUFA in the Western diet coincides with the global rise in chronic diseases. Whether n-6 and n-3 PUFA oppositely contribute to the development of chronic disease remains controversial. By using transgenic mice capable of synthesizing PUFA to eliminate confounding factors of diet, we show here that alteration of the tissue n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio leads to correlated changes in the gut microbiome and fecal and serum metabolites. Transgenic mice able to overproduce n-6 PUFA and achieve a high tissue n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio exhibit an increased risk for metabolic diseases and cancer, whereas mice able to convert n-6 to n-3 PUFA, and that have a lower n-6/n-3 ratio, show healthy phenotypes. Our study demonstrates that n-6 PUFA may be harmful in excess and suggests the importance of a low tissue n-6/n-3 ratio in reducing the risk for chronic diseases.
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