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Omega-3 Inhibits Blood Vessel Growth

Omega-3 Inhibits Blood Vessel Growth in a Model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Vivo

Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School and other institutions have demonstrated for the first time that the omega (?)-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), DHA and EPA, and their specific bioactive products derived from the cytochrome P450 (CYP) pathway, can influence choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and vascular leakage by modulating micro-environmental immune cell recruitment to the site of these lesions. Their findings are published in PNAS Online Early Edition the week of June 16-20, 2014.