Complex roles of cyclo-oxygenase 2 in hepatitis

Gut. 2007 Jul;56(7):903-4. doi: 10.1136/gut.2006.115972.

Abstract

There is currently insufficient evidence to support the use of COX‐2 inhibitors in treating chronic hepatitis or in preventing liver fibrosis

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chronic Disease
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 / physiology*
  • Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Hepatitis / drug therapy
  • Hepatitis / enzymology*
  • Hepatitis, Animal / enzymology
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / prevention & control
  • Mice

Substances

  • Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors
  • Cyclooxygenase 2