Cyclooxygenase and Cancer: Fundamental Molecular Investigations

Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Aug 2;24(15):12342. doi: 10.3390/ijms241512342.

Abstract

The involvement of prostaglandins in cancer was first observed in human esophageal carcinoma cells, whose invasive and metastatic potential in nude mice was found to be related to PGE2 and PGF2a production [...].

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cyclooxygenase 1
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 / genetics
  • Dinoprostone
  • Esophageal Neoplasms* / genetics
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mice, Nude
  • Prostaglandins*

Substances

  • Prostaglandins
  • Dinoprostone
  • Cyclooxygenase 2
  • Cyclooxygenase 1

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.