The Advances of Lipoxins in Anti-inflammation， Analgesia and Neuroprotection

Hu Shan, Wang Zhifu, Tian Yu, Wang Yanqing^*

Integrative Medicine and Neurobiology of Basic Medical Sciences College of Fudan University,Institute of Acupuncture Research, State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Shanghai 200032, China

Abstract: Lipoxins are lipid mediators generated from arachidonic acid that act to anti-inflammation and promote resolution. Lipoxins have emerged as potential anti-inflammatory mediators that be used in various inflammation， chronic pain， cere-brovascular diseases and malignant tumors. In this review， we briefly outline the recent research advances of Lipoxins in inflammation， analgesia and neuroprotection.

CSTR: 32200.14.cjcb.2014.12.0002