Design of selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors is still a challenging task because of active site similarities between COX isoenzymes. To help with this issue, we tried to generate a 3D-QSAR (3 dimensional quantitative structure activity relationship) model that might reflect the essential features of COX-2 active sites. Compounds in a series of resveratrol derivatives inhibitors with ...

Prostaglandins are important mediators of renal physiology and disease. The main enzyme which governs the synthesis of prostaglandins is cyclooxygenase (COX), also called prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase (PGS). Until recently it was assumed that only one cyclooxygenase gene and protein exists, an enzyme which is now called cyclooxygenase-l (COX-I) or the 'constitutive' isoform. Between 1989a...

design of selective cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) inhibitors is still a challenging task because of active site similarities between cox isoenzymes. to help with this issue, we tried to generate a 3d-qsar (3 dimensional quantitative structure activity relationship) model that might reflect the essential features of cox-2 active sites. compounds in a series of resveratrol derivatives inhibitors with ...

Aspirin eugenol ester (AEE) is a promising drug candidate, which is used for the treatment of inflammation, pain and fever and the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. This study focuses on the effect of AEE on five proteins which are related to inflammation and thrombosis, including cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), C-reactive protein (CRP), prothrombin (FII) and arachidona...

Aspirin eugenol ester (AEE) is a promising drug candidate, which is used for the treatment of inflammation, pain and fever and the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. This study focuses on the effect of AEE on five proteins which are related to inflammation and thrombosis, including cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), C-reactive protein (CRP), prothrombin (FII) and arachidona...

In this study, we use primary embryonic fibroblasts derived from cyclooxygenase-deficient transgenic embryos to further investigate the role of the two cyclooxygenases, cyclooxygenase 1 (COX-1) and cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), in the process of neoplastic transformation. Cells with either, neither, or both of the cyclooxygenases were transformed by Ha-ras and/or SV40. Our results show that when a ...

inhibition of prostaglandin (pgs) production leads to decrease in orthodontic tooth movement (otm). it is not known whether inhibition of cyclooxygenase-1 (cox-1) or cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) is the key mechanism for this effect. in this study, the effect of celecoxib, a highly-selective cox-2 inhibitor, was investigated on otm in rats.four groups of male rats (seven animals in each goup) were u...

Several studies point to an important function of cyclooxygenase (COX) and prostaglandin signaling in models of synaptic plasticity which is associated with N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs). Cyclooxygenase gene is suggested to be an immediate early gene that is tightly regulated in neurons by NMDA dependent synaptic activity. Nonsteroid Antiinflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) exert their antiinf...