Chemopreventive properties of a selective inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor in colon carcinogenesis, administered alone or in combination with celecoxib, a …

CV Rao, C Indranie, B Simi, PT Manning, JR Connor… - Cancer research, 2002 - AACR
The inducible isoforms of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX-2) are
overexpressed in colonic tumors of humans, as well as in colon tumors that develop in rats …

Transgenic cyclooxygenase-2 overexpression sensitizes mouse skin for carcinogenesis

K Müller-Decker, G Neufang, I Berger… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
Genetic and pharmacological evidence suggests that overexpression of cyclooxygenase-2
(COX-2) is critical for epithelial carcinogenesis and provides a major target for cancer …

Direct Evidence for a Role of Cyclooxygenase 2-derived Prostaglandin E2 in Human Head and Neck Xenograft Tumors

BS Zweifel, TW Davis, RL Ornberg, JL Masferrer - Cancer research, 2002 - AACR
Both nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and cyclooxygenase (COX) 2-selective
inhibitors such as celecoxib are being reported as having potent anticancer activity in …

Cyclooxygenase-2 in human pathological disease

A Koki, NK Khan, BM Woerner, AJ Dannenberg… - Eicosanoids and Other …, 2002 - Springer
To understand the potential role of cyclooxygenase (COX) in normal and inflammatory
human diseases, we characterized the expression of COX-1 and COX-2 in biopsies of …

Genetic ablation of inducible nitric oxide synthase decreases mouse lung tumorigenesis

LR Kisley, BS Barrett, AK Bauer, LD Dwyer-Nield… - Cancer research, 2002 - AACR
Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) content is elevated in human lung adenocarcinomas,
and lung cancer patients exhale more nitric oxide (NO) than healthy individuals. The …

Cyclo-oxygenase inhibition reduces tumour growth and metastasis in an orthotopic model of breast cancer

EM Connolly, JH Harmey, T O'Grady, D Foley… - British journal of …, 2002 - nature.com
The effect of selective and non-selective cyclo-oxygenase inhibition on tumour growth and
metastasis in an orthotopic model of breast cancer was investigated. 4T1 mammary …

Cyclooxygenase-2 expression is a novel prognostic factor in malignant mesothelioma

JG Edwards, SP Faux, SM Plummer, KR Abrams… - Clinical cancer …, 2002 - AACR
Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a fatal tumor of increasing incidence, which is resistant to
current therapy. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) plays an important role in solid tumor growth …

The MDR phenotype is associated with the expression of COX-2 and iNOS in a human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line

O Fantappiè, E Masini, I Sardi, L Raimondi, D Bani… - Hepatology, 2002 - journals.lww.com
The presence of multiple drug resistance (MDR1) and angiogenic phenotypes negatively
affect patients' prognosis with cancer even when treated with drugs that are not transported …

Frequent co-localization of Cox-2 and laminin-5 γ2 chain at the invasive front of early-stage lung adenocarcinomas

T Niki, T Kohno, S Iba, Y Moriya, Y Takahashi… - The American journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Laminin-5 is an extracellular matrix protein that plays a key role in cell migration and tumor
invasion. Cox-2 is an induced isoform of cyclooxygenases that plays an important role in …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of cyclooxygenase isozyme inhibition onincisional wound healing in mouse skin

K Müller-Decker, W Hirschner, F Marks… - Journal of investigative …, 2002 - Elsevier
In addition to their proinflammatory activities, prostaglandins recently have been shown to
be beneficial in the resolution of tissue injury and inflammation. Thus, inhibition of …