Effects of Docosahexaenoic Supplementation and In Vitro Vitamin C on the Oxidative and Inflammatory Neutrophil Response to Activation

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Effects of in vitro PMA activation, vitamin C, and DHA diet supplementation on total CAT and MPO enzyme activities and on their distribution in the extracellular compartment of neutrophils. Statistical analysis: two-way ANOVA, . S: significant effect of DHA dietary supplementation; A: significant effect of PMA activation; S × A: significant interaction between DHA dietary supplementation and PMA activation effects. * indicates differences between placebo and experimental groups; # indicates difference with respect to the control group; $ indicates differences between PMA and PMA + VitC group. When interaction S × A exists between supplementation and activation factors, different lowercase letters reveal significant differences. Results are the mean ± SEM.

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