Turning down the heat: new routes to inhibition of inflammatory signaling by prostaglandin H2 synthases.
Many nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs act by inhibiting the cyclooxygenase activity of prostaglandin H2 synthase (PGHS), a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins. Gastric toxicity remains a serious problem with the current drugs, however. Recent advances in the understanding of PGHS now suggest two possible approaches to producing drugs with fewer side effects.
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D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases