Circulating inflammation-resolving lipid mediators RvD1 and DHA are decreased in patients with acutely symptomatic carotid disease

HA Bazan, Y Lu, B Jun, Z Fang, TC Woods… - … and Essential Fatty Acids, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Efficient biomarkers for early prediction and diagnosis of an acutely
symptomatic carotid plaque rupture event are currently lacking, impairing the ability to
diagnose and treat patients with an acute plaque rupture events in a timely fashion.
Resolvins are endogenous inflammation-resolving lipid mediators that are induced by
inflammatory insults. We hypothesized that resolvin and other lipid profiles in sera likely
mark the process towards plaque rupture. Methods Circulating lipids associated with plaque …