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Lipid signals in pain control

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Cyclooxygenase enzymes produce lipid messenger molecules whose roles in health or disease depend on their context. The discovery of cyclooxygenase-3 should enhance our knowledge of such events.

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Figure 1: The growing family of cyclooxygenases.

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Bazan, N., Flower, R. Lipid signals in pain control. Nature 420, 135–138 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/420135a

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