Discovery of a new function of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2: COX-2 is a cardioprotective protein that alleviates ischemia/reperfusion injury and mediates the late phase of preconditioning
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- 15 August 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Cardiovascular Research
- Vol. 55 (3), 506-519
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0008-6363(02)00414-5
Abstract
More than 10 years after its discovery, the function of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in the cardiovascular system remains largely an enigma. Many scholarKeywords
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