Inflammation in the pathogenesis of chronic diseases [electronic resource] : the COX-2 controversy / edited by Randall E. Harris.
Discusses the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of major chronic diseases and the controversy regarding risk versus benefit of selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors. This volume is intended for scientists in medicine, epidemiology, pharmacology, molecular biology, and related fields.
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©2007.
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| Series: | Sub-cellular biochemistry ;
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Table of Contents:
- Historical perspectives. Anti-inflammatory drugs in the 21st century / K.D. Rainsford
- Inflammatory mechanisms of pathogenesis. Nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase interactions in cartilage and meniscus: relationships to joint physiology, arthritis, and tissue repair / J. Brice Weinberg, Beverley Fermor, Farshid Guilak
- Obesity, inflammation, and vascular disease: the role of the adipose tissue as an endocrine organ / Paolo Calabro', Edward T.H. Yeh
- Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and the inflammogenesis of cancer / Randall E. Harris
- Role of COX-2 in inflammatory and degenerative brain diseases / Luisa Minghetti
- Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease: the Coxib Controversy. Cardiovascular effects of the selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors / William B. White
- COX-2 inhibitors and Cardiovascular Risk / Daniel J. Salzberg, Matthew R. Weir
- A biological rationale for cardiotoxic effects of rofecoxib: comparative analysis with other COX-2 selective agents and NSAIDs / R. Preston Mason [and others]
- COX-2 Blockade in cancer prevention and therapy. Cancer chemoprevention by COX-2 blockade: results of case control studies / Randall E. Harris, Joanne Beebe-Donk, Galal A. Alshafie
- Strategies for colon cancer prevention: combination of chemopreventive agents / Bandaru S. Reddy
- Inflammation and neurodegenerative disease. NSAIDs for the chemoprevention of Alzheimer's disease / Christine A. Szekely, Terrence Town, Peter P. Zandi
- Inflammation in Parkinson's disease: causative or epiphenomenal? / Andreas Hald, Johan van Beek, and Julie Lotharius
- Nutrition, inflammation and chronic disease. Essential polyunsaturated fatty acids, inflammation, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular dieseases / Michel de Logeril
- Nutritional interventiion in brain aging: reducing the effects of inflaammation and oxidative stress / Frances C. Lau, Barbara Shukitt-Hale, James Joseph.