Asthma can originate via diverse causal and mechanistic pathways. A small bioactive lipid takes on this heterogeneity and offers the possibility of a broad-based treatment (pages 1018–1023).
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Peters-Golden, M. 'Good' lipids for asthma. Nat Med 8, 931–932 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0902-931
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