Polyunsaturated fatty acids and fatty acid-derived lipid mediators: Recent advances in the understanding of their biosynthesis, structures, and functions

SC Dyall, L Balas, NG Bazan, JT Brenna… - Progress in lipid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are structural components of membrane phospholipids,
and influence cellular function via effects on membrane properties, and also by acting as a …

Resolution of inflammation: An organizing principle in biology and medicine

D Panigrahy, MM Gilligan, CN Serhan… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The resolution of inflammation has emerged as a critical endogenous process that protects
host tissues from prolonged or excessive inflammation that can become chronic. Failure of …

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

MT Heneka, MJ Carson, J El Khoury… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Increasing evidence suggests that Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis is not restricted to the
neuronal compartment, but includes strong interactions with immunological mechanisms in …

Carcinogenesis: Failure of resolution of inflammation?

A Fishbein, BD Hammock, CN Serhan… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Inflammation in the tumor microenvironment is a hallmark of cancer and is recognized as a
key characteristic of carcinogens. However, the failure of resolution of inflammation in …

Anti-inflammatory effects of omega-3 fatty acids in the brain: physiological mechanisms and relevance to pharmacology

S Laye, A Nadjar, C Joffre, RP Bazinet - Pharmacological reviews, 2018 - ASPET
Classically, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) were largely thought to be relatively inert
structural components of brain, largely important for the formation of cellular membranes …

Pro-resolving lipid mediators are leads for resolution physiology

CN Serhan - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Advances in our understanding of the mechanisms that bring about the resolution of acute
inflammation have uncovered a new genus of pro-resolving lipid mediators that include the …

Polyunsaturated fatty acids and their metabolites in brain function and disease

RP Bazinet, S Layé - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
The brain is highly enriched with fatty acids. These include the polyunsaturated fatty acids
(PUFAs) arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, which are largely esterified to the …

[HTML][HTML] Specialized pro-resolving mediators: endogenous regulators of infection and inflammation

MC Basil, BD Levy - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2016 - nature.com
Specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs) are enzymatically derived from essential fatty
acids and have important roles in orchestrating the resolution of tissue inflammation—that is …

Bioactive lipids, inflammation and chronic diseases

A Leuti, D Fazio, M Fava, A Piccoli, S Oddi… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Endogenous bioactive lipids are part of a complex network that modulates a plethora of
cellular and molecular processes involved in health and disease, of which inflammation …

Emerging targets in neuroinflammation-driven chronic pain

RR Ji, ZZ Xu, YJ Gao - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Current analgesics predominately modulate pain transduction and transmission in neurons
and have limited success in controlling disease progression. Accumulating evidence …