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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2008 May 20;100(6):1152–1157. doi: 10.1017/S0007114508992576

Figure 2. Putative membrane microdomain altering properties of n-3 PUFA and CLA.

Figure 2

Dietary DHA and CLA are incorporated into both the bulk phase of the plasma membrane as well as discrete heterogeneous cholesterol/sphingolipid-rich raft domains. This can alter plasma membrane organization of inner leaflets and the dynamic partitioning of transduction proteins, thereby modulating their function