Lipids in Equine Airway Inflammation: An Overview of Current Knowledge.
Abstract: Mild-moderate and severe equine asthma (MEA and SEA) are prevalent inflammatory airway conditions affecting horses of numerous breeds and disciplines. Despite extensive research, detailed disease pathophysiology and the differences between MEA and SEA are still not completely understood. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytology, broadly used in clinical practice and in equine asthma research, has limited means to represent the inflammatory status in the lower airways. Lipidomics is a field of science that can be utilized in investigating cellular mechanisms and cell-to-cell interactions. Studies in lipidomics have a broad variety of foci, of which fatty acid and lipid mediator profile analyses and global lipidomics have been implemented in veterinary medicine. As many crucial proinflammatory and proresolving mediators are lipids, lipidomic studies offer an interesting yet largely unexplored means to investigate inflammatory reactions in equine airways. The aim of this review article is to collect and summarize the findings of recent lipidomic studies on equine airway inflammation.
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The research article reviews the use of lipidomics in investigating the role lipids play in equine asthma, a common inflammatory airway condition affecting horses.
Background on Equine Asthma
- The research starts by highlighting mild-moderate and severe equine asthma (MEA and SEA), which are common conditions affecting the airways of various horse breeds and disciplines.
- Despite significant research, the detailed disease mechanisms and the differences between MEA and SEA are still not fully understood.
- Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytology, a method commonly used in clinical practice and research to evaluate the health of the lower airways, has limited ability to reflect the overall inflammatory status.
Introduction to Lipidomics
- The article then introduces lipidomics, a field of study that investigates cellular mechanisms and interactions. It’s a unique approach where focus varies from studying fatty acid and lipid mediator profiles to global lipidomics.
- With a wide implementation in veterinary medicine, lipidomics studies provide a novel and largely unexplored means to study the inflammatory responses in equine airways.
Motivation for the Review
- As many vital pro-inflammatory and pro-resolving mediators are lipids, the review is motivated by the potential of lipidomic studies to provide an interesting insight into the role of lipids in inflammatory reactions.
- The primary objective of the review article is to aggregate and summarize the results of recent lipidomic studies on equine airway inflammation.
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Mönki J, Mykkänen A.
(2024).
Lipids in Equine Airway Inflammation: An Overview of Current Knowledge.
Animals (Basel), 14(12), 1812.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14121812 Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- Department of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Viikintie 49, P.O. Box 57, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
- Department of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Viikintie 49, P.O. Box 57, 00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Conflict of Interest Statement
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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