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The Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Cell Proliferation and Cell Death in Human Malignancies
It is well admitted that the link between chronic inflammation and cancer involves cytokines and mediators of inflammatory pathways, which act during the different steps of tumorigenesis. The cyclooxygenases (COXs) are a family of enzymes, which catalyze the rate-limiting step of prostaglandin biosy...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20339581 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/215158 |
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author | Sobolewski, Cyril Cerella, Claudia Dicato, Mario Ghibelli, Lina Diederich, Marc |
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description | It is well admitted that the link between chronic inflammation and cancer involves cytokines and mediators of inflammatory pathways, which act during the different steps of tumorigenesis. The cyclooxygenases (COXs) are a family of enzymes, which catalyze the rate-limiting step of prostaglandin biosynthesis. This family contains three members: ubiquitously expressed COX-1, which is involved in homeostasis; the inducible COX-2 isoform, which is upregulated during both inflammation and cancer; and COX-3, expressed in brain and spinal cord, whose functions remain to be elucidated. COX-2 was described to modulate cell proliferation and apoptosis mainly in solid tumors, that is, colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers, and, more recently, in hematological malignancies. These findings prompt us to analyze here the effects of a combination of COX-2 inhibitors together with different clinically used therapeutic strategies in order to further improve the efficiency of future anticancer treatments. COX-2 modulation is a promising field investigated by many research groups. |
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spelling | pubmed-28412462010-03-25 The Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Cell Proliferation and Cell Death in Human Malignancies Sobolewski, Cyril Cerella, Claudia Dicato, Mario Ghibelli, Lina Diederich, Marc Int J Cell Biol Review Article It is well admitted that the link between chronic inflammation and cancer involves cytokines and mediators of inflammatory pathways, which act during the different steps of tumorigenesis. The cyclooxygenases (COXs) are a family of enzymes, which catalyze the rate-limiting step of prostaglandin biosynthesis. This family contains three members: ubiquitously expressed COX-1, which is involved in homeostasis; the inducible COX-2 isoform, which is upregulated during both inflammation and cancer; and COX-3, expressed in brain and spinal cord, whose functions remain to be elucidated. COX-2 was described to modulate cell proliferation and apoptosis mainly in solid tumors, that is, colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers, and, more recently, in hematological malignancies. These findings prompt us to analyze here the effects of a combination of COX-2 inhibitors together with different clinically used therapeutic strategies in order to further improve the efficiency of future anticancer treatments. COX-2 modulation is a promising field investigated by many research groups. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC2841246/ /pubmed/20339581 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/215158 Text en Copyright © 2010 Cyril Sobolewski et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Sobolewski, Cyril Cerella, Claudia Dicato, Mario Ghibelli, Lina Diederich, Marc The Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Cell Proliferation and Cell Death in Human Malignancies |
title | The Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Cell Proliferation and Cell Death in Human Malignancies |
title_full | The Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Cell Proliferation and Cell Death in Human Malignancies |
title_fullStr | The Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Cell Proliferation and Cell Death in Human Malignancies |
title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Cell Proliferation and Cell Death in Human Malignancies |
title_short | The Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Cell Proliferation and Cell Death in Human Malignancies |
title_sort | role of cyclooxygenase-2 in cell proliferation and cell death in human malignancies |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841246/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20339581 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/215158 |
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