title: Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in inflammatory and degenerative brain diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Neurosciences, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. luisa.minghetti@iss.it
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Minghetti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D015777:Eicosanoids / Q000378:metabolism; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000378:metabolism; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D017628:Microglia / Q000378:metabolism; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D015777:Eicosanoids; D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases