"Cyclooxygenase 2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An inducibly-expressed subtype of prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase. It plays an important role in many cellular processes and INFLAMMATION. It is the target of COX2 INHIBITORS.
Descriptor ID |
D051546
|
MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.600.720.750
|
Concept/Terms |
Cyclooxygenase 2- Cyclooxygenase 2
- Cyclo-Oxygenase II
- Cyclo Oxygenase II
- PTGS2
- PGHS-2
- Prostaglandin H Synthase-2
- Prostaglandin H Synthase 2
- COX-2 Prostaglandin Synthase
- COX 2 Prostaglandin Synthase
- Prostaglandin Synthase, COX-2
- Synthase, COX-2 Prostaglandin
- Cyclooxygenase-2
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cyclooxygenase 2".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Cyclooxygenase 2".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cyclooxygenase 2" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cyclooxygenase 2" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
---|
2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Cyclooxygenase 2" by people in Profiles.
-
Minimal differentiation of classical monocytes as they survey steady-state tissues and transport antigen to lymph nodes. Immunity. 2013 Sep 19; 39(3):599-610.
-
COX-2 is associated with periodontitis in Europeans. J Dent Res. 2010 Apr; 89(4):384-8.
-
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-expressing dendritic cells form suppurative granulomas following Listeria monocytogenes infection. J Clin Invest. 2006 Dec; 116(12):3160-70.