期刊
CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
卷 26, 期 18, 页码 3225-3241出版社
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/0929867325666180514112124
关键词
Cyclooxygenase; COX inhibitors; inflammation; interleukin; natural compound; prostaglandin
资金
- Programme of Promotion of Biomedical Research and Health Sciences [CIBEROBN CB12/03/30038]
- University of the Balearic Island
- Conselleria d'Educacio, Cultura i Universitats, Direccio General d'Universitats i Recerca, Govern de les Illes Balears [FPI/1648/2014]
- Fondo Social Europeo
Inflammation plays a crucial role in the development of many complex diseases and disorders including autoimmune diseases, metabolic syndrome, neurodegenerative diseases, and cardiovascular pathologies. Prostaglandins play a regulatory role in inflammation. Cyclooxygenases are the main mediators of inflammation by catalyzing the initial step of arachidonic acid metabolism and prostaglandin synthesis. The differential expression of the constitutive isoform COX-1 and the inducible isoform COX-2, and the finding that COX-1 is the major form expressed in the gastrointestinal tract, lead to the search for COX-2-selective inhibitors as anti-inflammatory agents that might diminish the gastrointestinal side effects of traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). COX-2 isoform is expressed predominantly in inflammatory cells and decidedly upregulated in chronic and acute inflammations, becoming a critical target for many pharmacological inhibitors. COX-2 selective inhibitors happen to show equivalent efficacy with that of conventional NSAIDs, but they have reduced gastrointestinal side effects. This review would elucidate the most recent findings on selective COX-2 inhibition and their relevance to human pathology, concretely in inflammatory pathologies characterized by a prolonged pro-inflammatory status, including autoimmune diseases, metabolic syndrome, obesity, atherosclerosis, neurodegenerative diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, arthritis, chronic inflammatory bowel disease and cardiovascular pathologies.
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