Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Recent advances in the use of synthetic COX-2 inhibitors

M Ahmadi, S Bekeschus, KD Weltmann… - RSC Medicinal …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes comprise COX-1 and COX-2 isoforms and are responsible
for prostaglandin production. Prostaglandins have critical roles in the inflammation pathway …

[HTML][HTML] Potential of curcumin in skin disorders

L Vollono, M Falconi, R Gaziano, F Iacovelli, E Dika… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Curcumin is a compound isolated from turmeric, a plant known for its medicinal use.
Recently, there is a growing interest in the medical community in identifying novel, low-cost …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-organ proteomic landscape of COVID-19 autopsies

X Nie, L Qian, R Sun, B Huang, X Dong, Q **ao… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The molecular pathology of multi-organ injuries in COVID-19 patients remains unclear,
preventing effective therapeutics development. Here, we report a proteomic analysis of 144 …

DrugRep: an automatic virtual screening server for drug repurposing

J Gan, J Liu, Y Liu, S Chen, W Dai, ZX **ao… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2023 - nature.com
Computationally identifying new targets for existing drugs has drawn much attention in drug
repurposing due to its advantages over de novo drugs, including low risk, low costs, and …

The biosynthesis of enzymatically oxidized lipids

AA Hajeyah, WJ Griffiths, Y Wang, AJ Finch… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Enzymatically oxidized lipids are a specific group of biomolecules that function as key
signaling mediators and hormones, regulating various cellular and physiological processes …

Beyond COX-1: the effects of aspirin on platelet biology and potential mechanisms of chemoprevention

A Ornelas, N Zacharias-Millward, DG Menter… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2017 - Springer
After more than a century, aspirin remains one of the most commonly used drugs in western
medicine. Although mainly used for its anti-thrombotic, anti-pyretic, and analgesic properties …

Structural and chemical biology of the interaction of cyclooxygenase with substrates and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

CA Rouzer, LJ Marnett - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cyclooxgenases are key enzymes of lipid signaling. They carry out the first step in the
production of prostaglandins, important mediators of inflammation, pain, cardiovascular …

Safer anti-inflammatory therapy through dual COX-2/5-LOX inhibitors: A structure-based approach

SL Manju, KR Ethiraj, G Elias - European Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Inflammatory mediators of the arachidonic acid cascade from cyclooxygenase (COX) and
lipoxygenase (LOX) pathways are primarily responsible for many diseases in human beings …

Natural COX-2 inhibitors as promising anti-inflammatory agents: an update

J Cui, J Jia - Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
COX-2, a key enzyme that catalyzed the rate-limiting steps in the conversion of arachidonic
acid to prostaglandins, played a pivotal role in the inflammatory process. Different from other …