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Combination therapy improves cognition in Alzheimer’s models

In recent years, research into cannabis and its main psychoactive ingredient, Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), has unearthed ...
Nature

Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors and Positron Emission Tomography Imaging

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors have long been employed to modulate inflammatory responses in a range of conditions, from arthritis to malignancies. In recent years, the convergence of ...
EurekAlert!

Inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 upregulates the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 signaling pathway to mitigate hepatocyte ferroptosis in chronic liver injury

Ferroptosis plays an essential role in chronic liver diseases, and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) affects liver fibrosis through multiple mechanisms. However, research on COX-2 regulation of ferroptosis in ...
Medscape

Defining the COX Inhibitor Selectivity of NSAIDs: Implications for Understanding Toxicity

Aspirin was introduced into clinical medicine in 1899 and its anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic properties were accompanied by the onset of gastrointestinal and renal toxicity. Over the ...
Medscape

Defining the COX Inhibitor Selectivity of NSAIDs: Implications for Understanding Toxicity

BAE: Bovine aortic endothelial; RHP: Recombinant human protein. NSAIDs variably inhibit prostaglandin H synthase (COX). COX-2 was cloned in 1991, and it was subsequently established that COX-1 does ...