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William Harvey Press
Books - Improved Non-steroid Anti-inflammatory Drugs: COX-2 Enzyme Inhibitors

CONTENTS

  • List of contributors
  • Preface
  • Overview-mechanisms of action of anti-inflammatory drugs
    John Vane and Regina Botting
  • The three-dimensional structure of cyclooxygenases
    R. Michael Garavito
  • The dilemma of two cyclooxygenases: Identifying the roles of COX-1 and COX-2 in inflammation and apoptosis
    Daniel Simmons, Xiaojun Lu, William Bradshaw and Weilin Xie
  • Inducible enzymes with special reference to COX-2 in the inflammatory response
    Derek Willoughby, Annette Tomlinson, Derek Gilroy and Dean Willis
  • NSAID mechanism of action: the role of intracellular pharmacokinetics
    Leo Herbette, Michelle Vecchiarelli and Gunther-Trummlitz
  • Differential inhibition of COX-1 and COX-2 in vitro and pharmacological profile in vivo of NSAIDs
    Michel Pairet and Gunther Engelhardt
  • COX-2 expression and inhibition in human monocytes
    Carlo Patrono, Paola Patrignani, Maria Panara, Francesco Cipollone, na Santini, Maria Sciulli, Maria Rotondo, Roberto Padovano and Maria Giamberardino
  • Expression and regulation of COX-2 in synovial tissues of arthritic patients
    Leslie Crofford
  • An inhibitor of injury-induced COX-2 transcriptional activation elicits neuroprotection in a brain damage model
    Niicolas Bazan and Geoffrey Allan
  • COX-2 expression in labour
    Phillip Bennett and Donnal Slater
  • Re-evaluation of gut toxicity of NSAIDs
    D Nicholas Bateman
  • NSAID: can renal side effects be avoided?
    Jurgen Frolich and Dirk Stichtenoth
  • Pharmacology, safety data and therapeutics of COX-2 inhibitors
    Paul Emery
  • Index
    March 1996 230 pages ISBN 0-7923-8897-6
    Hardbound GBP 58.50/NLG 130/USD 91