Astrocytes: role and functions in brain pathologies

R Siracusa, R Fusco, S Cuzzocrea - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes are a population of cells with distinctive morphological and functional
characteristics that differ within specific areas of the brain. Postnatally, astrocyte progenitors …

Microglia and astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease: implications for therapy

M Fakhoury - Current neuropharmacology, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder
characterized by the progressive loss of neurons, which typically leads to severe …

Glial cells in Alzheimer's disease: From neuropathological changes to therapeutic implications

MS Uddin, LW Lim - Ageing research reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that usually develops slowly and
progressively worsens over time. Although there has been increasing research interest in …

Diclofenac: an update on its mechanism of action and safety profile

TJ Gan - Current medical research and opinion, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Diclofenac is a proven, commonly prescribed nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
drug (NSAID) that has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties, and has been …

Cyclooxygenases: new forms, new inhibitors, and lessons from the clinic

TD Warner, JA Mitchell - The FASEB journal, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The beneficial actions of nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have been linked to
their ability to inhibit inducible COX‐2 at sites of inflammation, and their side effects (eg …

NSAIDs inhibit tumorigenesis, but how?

E Gurpinar, WE Grizzle, GA Piazza - Clinical cancer research, 2014 - AACR
Numerous epidemiologic studies have reported that the long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-
inflammatory drugs (NSAID) is associated with a significant decrease in cancer incidence …

Methionine sulfoxide reductases: history and cellular role in protecting against oxidative damage

H Weissbach, L Resnick, N Brot - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and …, 2005 - Elsevier
An enzyme that can reduce methionine sulfoxide in proteins was first discovered in
Escherichia coli about 25 years ago. It is now apparent that there is a family of enzymes …

Non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in Alzheimer's disease: old and new mechanisms of action

L Gasparini, E Ongini, G Wenk - Journal of neurochemistry, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by cerebral deposits of β‐amyloid (Aβ) peptides
and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) which are surrounded by inflammatory cells …

The toxicology of ligands for peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR)

MA Peraza, AD Burdick, HE Marin… - Toxicological …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are ligand activated transcription
factors that modulate target gene expression in response to endogenous and exogenous …

Green tea constituent epigallocatechin‐3‐gallate selectively inhibits COX‐2 without affecting COX‐1 expression in human prostate carcinoma cells

T Hussain, S Gupta, VM Adhami… - International Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Overexpression of cyclooxygenase (COX)‐2 has been implicated in many
pathologic conditions, including cancer. One practical inference of this finding is that …