title: Prostaglandins: critical roles in pregnancy and colon cancer.
abstract: Cyclooxygenase catalyses a key step in prostaglandin biosynthesis, and recent work suggests that one isoenzyme, COX-2, has important roles in early stages of pregnancy; it also appears to be involved in the somewhat analogous process of colon tumor formation and spread.
authors.affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Hematology, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8125, St Louis, Missouri 63110-1093, USA. pmajerus@imgate.wustl.edu
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Majerus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000378:metabolism; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000517:prevention & control; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D052246:Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010064:Embryo Implantation; D005260:Female; D017491:Genes, APC; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000378:metabolism*; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000502:physiology; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D052246:Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011453:Prostaglandins; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496511:PTGS1 protein, human; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; C496512:Ptgs1 protein, mouse