Metabolism pathways of arachidonic acids: mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets

B Wang, L Wu, J Chen, L Dong, C Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
The arachidonic acid (AA) pathway plays a key role in cardiovascular biology,
carcinogenesis, and many inflammatory diseases, such as asthma, arthritis, etc. Esterified …

Arachidonic acid metabolites in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases

T Sonnweber, A Pizzini, M Nairz, G Weiss… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Lipid and immune pathways are crucial in the pathophysiology of metabolic and
cardiovascular disease. Arachidonic acid (AA) and its derivatives link nutrient metabolism to …

Oxidative stress: an essential factor in the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal mucosal diseases

A Bhattacharyya, R Chattopadhyay… - Physiological …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated as by-products of normal cellular metabolic
activities. Superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and catalase are the enzymes …

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 …

An imbalance between specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators and pro-inflammatory leukotrienes promotes instability of atherosclerotic plaques

G Fredman, J Hellmann, JD Proto, G Kuriakose… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Chronic unresolved inflammation plays a causal role in the development of advanced
atherosclerosis, but the mechanisms that prevent resolution in atherosclerosis remain …

[HTML][HTML] The role of lipoxygenases in pathophysiology; new insights and future perspectives

R Mashima, T Okuyama - Redox biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are dioxygenases that catalyze the formation of corresponding
hydroperoxides from polyunsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic acid and arachidonic acid …

The role of non-resolving inflammation in atherosclerosis

C Kasikara, AC Doran, B Cai… - The Journal of clinical …, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Non-resolving inflammation drives the development of clinically dangerous atherosclerotic
lesions by promoting sustained plaque inflammation, large necrotic cores, thin fibrous caps …

The immune system in atherosclerosis

GK Hansson, A Hermansson - Nature immunology, 2011 - nature.com
Cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of mortality worldwide, is caused mainly by
atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disease of blood vessels. Lesions of atherosclerosis …

Lipoxygenase and leukotriene pathways: biochemistry, biology, and roles in disease

JZ Haeggstrom, CD Funk - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Metabolism of arachidonic acid leads to several families of lipid mediators, including
prostaglandins, thromboxane, leukotrienes, and lipoxins, along two major metabolic …

Anti-inflammatory therapies for atherosclerosis

M Bäck, GK Hansson - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2015 - nature.com
The view of atherosclerosis as an inflammatory disease has emerged from observations of
immune activation and inflammatory signalling in human atherosclerotic lesions, from the …