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SUBMITTER: Serhan CN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4515371 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Serhan Charles N CN Chiang Nan N Dalli Jesmond J
Seminars in immunology 20150407 3
Studies into the mechanisms in resolution of self-limited inflammation and acute reperfusion injury have uncovered a new genus of pro-resolving lipid mediators coined specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPM) including lipoxins, resolvins, protectins and maresins that are each temporally produced by resolving-exudates with distinct actions for return to homeostasis. SPM evoke potent anti-inflammatory and novel pro-resolving mechanisms as well as enhance microbial clearance. While born in inflamm ...[more]