"Cyclooxygenase 2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.600.720.750
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| 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
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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