Dietary supplementation with eicosapentaenoic acid decreases natural killer cell activity in healthy subjects aged over 55 years, whereas other long-chain n-3 or n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids do not have this effect, according to a 2001 study by Thies et al. published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

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