Abstract:Accumulating data from epidemiologic studies are linking aspirin's use to a decline in chronic and metabolic inflammation that underlies many human diseases including some cancers. Aspirin reduces cyclooxygenase-mediated pro-inflammatory prostaglandins and promotes the production of pro-resolution molecules. Aspirin also triggers the production of anti-inflammatory electrophilic mono-oxygenated lipid mediators implicated in human pathologies. With the goal of developing a model system for studying the mechanis… Show more
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