Animals that have a diet free of polyunsaturated fats are good organ donors and recipients. -Ray Peat, PhD (personal correspondence) Science. 1988 May 20;240(4855):1032-3. Essential fatty acid depletion of renal allografts and prevention of rejection. Schreiner GF, Flye W, Brunt E, Korber K, Lefkowith JB. A central hypothesis in transplantation biology is that resident leukocytes [...]
Also see: “Curing” a High Metabolic Rate with Unsaturated Fats Fat Deficient Animals – Activity of Cytochrome Oxidase “Essential Fatty Acid” Deficient Diet Errors in Nutrition: Essential Fatty Acids J Immunol. 1990 Sep 1;145(5):1523-9. Manipulation of the acute inflammatory response by dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid modulation. Lefkowith JB, Morrison A, Lee V, Rogers M. Dietary [...]
Also see: “Curing” a High Metabolic Rate with Unsaturated Fats Fat Deficient Animals – Activity of Cytochrome Oxidase “Essential Fatty Acid” Deficient Diet Errors in Nutrition: Essential Fatty Acids J Immunol. 1990 Sep 1;145(5):1523-9. Manipulation of the acute inflammatory response by dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid modulation. Lefkowith JB, Morrison A, Lee V, Rogers M. Dietary [...]
Adv Shock Res. 1981;6:93-105. Essential fatty acid deficient rats: a new model for evaluating arachidonate metabolism in shock. Cook JA, Wise WC, Knapp DR, Halushka PV. Essential fatty acid deficient (EFAD) rats are significantly more resistant to the lethal effects of S. enteritidis endotoxin (20 mg/kg, IV) than normal control rats. Compared to endotoxin-treated normal [...]