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In activated macrophages, an unknown dehdyrogenase abstracts hydrogen from 17-hydroxy-docosapentaenoic acid (17-HDPAn-3) to form the electrophilic oxo (EFOX) derivative 17-oxo-DPAn-3 (Groeger et al. 2010). Potential candidates are cellular dehydrogenases such as 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (3α-HSDs), which can convert 13- and 17-HDHA into corresponding EFOXs in the presence of NAD(P)+ in vitro(supplementary data, Groeger et al. 2010) or 5- and 15-hydroxyeicosanoid dehydrogenases (5- and 15-HEDH, Wendell et al. 2015), which convert LOX products to 5-and 15-oxoETE (Erlemann et al. 2007). 17-oxo-DPAn-3 can act as a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) agonist and inhibit pro-inflammatory cytokine and nitric oxide production, confirming its anti-inflammatory actions (Groeger et al. 2010).