Topics discussed include:

• Obstructive airway diseases, etiology, pathophysiology, and existing therapeutic options
• What constitutes a lipid and how it is broken down to generate biologically active mediators
• The role of enzymes in the process of lipid mediator synthesis
• The biology of arachidonic acid, platelet-activating factor, and lysophosphatidic acid and the role they play in airway inflammation
• Products of arachidonic acid metabolism such as leukotrienes, prostaglandins, epieicosatrienoic acid, and oxoeicosatetraenoic acid
• Proresolution lipid mediators in inflammatory airway disease conditions
• The role of sphingosine and ceramide in inflammatory airway disease
• Protein kinases activated by lipid mediators and those that trigger the generation of lipid messengers

The combined input of a panel of international authorities on lipid mediators makes this volume a valuable resource for all those involved in researching, teaching, and studying airway inflammation as well as those involved in drug discovery research.

Punit Srivastava maintains a blog with additional information about the book and his work.