PROSTAGLANDINS - CRITICAL ROLES IN PREGNANCY AND COLON-CANCER

Authors
MAJERUS PW
Citation
Pw. Majerus, PROSTAGLANDINS - CRITICAL ROLES IN PREGNANCY AND COLON-CANCER, Current biology, 8(3), 1998, pp. 87-89
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
Current biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
8
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
87 - 89
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1998)8:3<87:P-CRIP>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Cyclooxygenase catalyses a key step in prostaglandin biosynthesis, and recent work suggests that one isoenzyme, COX-2, has important roles i n early stages of pregnancy; it also appears to be involved in the som ewhat analogous process of colon tumor formation and spread. (C) Curre nt Biology Ltd.