title: Thalidomide and its analogues as cyclooxygenase inhibitors.
abstract: Thalidomide showed cyclooxygenase (COX)-1/2 inhibitory activity with a potency comparable to that of aspirin. Structural development studies of thalidomide resulted in potent COX-1/2 inhibitors, and COX-1-selective and COX-2-selective inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Rumiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shimazawa
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D052246:Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013792:Thalidomide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D052246:Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; D016861:Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D013792:Thalidomide; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496511:PTGS1 protein, human; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases