COX-2 (PTGS2)
COX-2 makes the inflammatory prostaglandins that help tumours grow; aspirin and celecoxib block it, which is why they reduce colorectal polyps and are studied for cancer prevention. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.
Biology
An inducible cyclooxygenase converting arachidonic acid to prostaglandin H2; PGE2 acts through EP receptors on tumour and immune cells.
- Colorectal adenomas and carcinomas (overexpressed)
- Inflamed tissue, many solid tumours
External identifiers
Built from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL idsProducts by modality and phase
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Trials
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Resistance routes
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Pathways
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Companion diagnostics
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Preclinical models
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Open questions
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Literature
Preprints →Query for this target: (TITLE:"COX-2" OR ABSTRACT:"COX-2" OR TITLE:"PTGS2" OR ABSTRACT:"PTGS2") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about COX-2 (PTGS2), not a curated reading list.
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The dossier as machine-readable JSON: identifiers from HGNC, Ensembl, UniProt and ChEMBL, products with status, trials, pathways, hotspots, open questions and assays. The full entity record is in the open API at /api/v1/entities/cox2.json. Licence CC BY-NC 4.0.