“…Although the eosinophil plays an important pathological role in many asthmatics, cysLTs have only very modest chemoattractant effects on these cells (Powell et al, 1995). Similarly, the potent neutrophil chemoattractant LTB 4 is only a very weak chemoattractant for human eosinophils (Powell et al, 1995; Schwenk et al, 1992; Sun et al, 1991), despite its potent effects on guinea pig eosinophils (Sun et al, 1991). In contrast, another 5‐LO product, 5‐oxo‐ETE (5‐oxo‐6,8,11,14‐eicosatetraenoic acid), is a potent chemoattractant for human eosinophils, both in vitro (Powell et al, 1995) and in vivo, following subcutaneous injection (Muro et al, 2003).…”