来自美国加州大学圣地雅哥分校等处的研究人员发现了Omega-3脂肪酸的新作用:可以抑制炎症反应,甚至能改善肥胖小鼠的糖尿病症状。这一研究成果公布在《细胞》(Cell)杂志上。领导这一研究的是美国加州大学圣地雅哥分校的内分泌学家Jerrold Olefsk,这位科学家致力于脂肪与免疫反应的研究,曾发现超重的人易患心脏病和糖尿病及更为严重的猪流感,是因为他们的脂肪引发了炎症反应。 Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, found a new role for Omega-3 fatty acids that can inhibit the inflammatory response and even improve the symptoms of diabetes in obese mice. The research results published in the “Cell” (Cell) magazine. Leading the study is Jerrold Olefsk, an endocrinologist at the University of California, San Diego, who works on fat and immune responses and found that overweight people are more susceptible to heart disease and diabetes and more severe swine flu Because their fat triggers an inflammatory reaction.