TABLE 1.

Fatty acid composition of B cells after 5 weeks of treatment

Fatty Acid	Control	HF	HF-OA	HF-EPA	HF-DHA
C14:0	0.6 ± 0.3	2.4 ± 0.7	2.8 ± 0.6a	1.7 ± 0.4	1.6 ± 0.3
C16:0	25.1 ± 1.8	23.2 ± 1.5	25.1 ± 1.2	24.8 ± 0.5	24.1 ± 1.2
C16:1	1.4 ± 0.2	1.4 ± 0.2	1.5 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.0	1.4 ± 0.1
C18:0	22.4 ± 0.8	21.1 ± 0.5	21.7 ± 0.6	20.3 ± 0.2	20.2 ± 0.3
C18:1 trans	0.1 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.0	0.1 ± 0.0
C18:1 cis	10.1 ± 0.3	10.9 ± 0.8	12.4 ± 1.6	9.4 ± 0.3	9.7 ± 0.2
C18:2 (n-6)	11.2 ± 0.2	7.2 ± 0.2b	6.8 ± 0.1b	6.4 ± 0.2b	10.2 ± 0.5
C20:4 (n-6)	21.0 ± 1.0	25.3 ± 0.5	21.4 ± 2.4	12.7 ± 0.3b	10.2 ± 0.2b
C20:5 (n-3)	0.2 ± 0.0	0.2 ± 0.0	0.3 ± 0.0	9.2 ± 0.4b	3.6 ± 0.1b
C22:5 (n-3)	1.7 ± 0.2	2.5 ± 0.2	2.4 ± 0.3	10.2 ± 0.4b	1.8 ± 0.1
C22:6 (n-3)	6.2 ± 0.5	5.7 ± 0.3	5.4 ± 0.7	3.7 ± 0.2	17.3 ± 0.7b
∑ SFA	48.1 ± 1.5	46.7 ± 1.6	49.6 ± 1.9	46.8 ± 0.5	45.8 ± 1.3
∑ MUFA	11.6 ± 0.3	12.3 ± 0.9	14.0 ± 1.6	11.0 ± 0.4	11.1 ± 0.1
∑ PUFA (n-3)	8.1 ± 0.6	8.5 ± 0.5	8.1 ± 1.1	23.2 ± 0.6b	22.6 ± 0.8b
∑ PUFA (n-6)	32.2 ± 1.0	32.5 ± 0.4	28.3 ± 2.4	19.1 ± 0.4b	20.4 ± 0.7b

Data are average ± SE from four to five animals per diet. SFA, saturated fatty acid.

^aP < 0.05.

^bP < 0.001.