Arachidonic acid

Molecular group: 
Neural or endothelial cell stress/damage/activation markers
Molecule/Cell: 
Arachidonic acid
Plasmodium strain: 
Plasmodium berghei K173
pRBC infection titer: 
10^3
Mouse genetic background (Con): 
C57BL/6J
Experimental treatment group (EG): 
fish oil (structural analog of arachidonic acid)
Lethal infection (Con): 
yes
Lethal infection (EG): 
yes
Pathology (Con): 
CM (95%)
Pathology (EG): 
CM (31.5%)
Parasitemia (EG vs Con): 
Decreased
Additional phenotypes (EG vs Con): 
N.I.
Refs: 
Blok et al., 1992, J Infect Dis