Cyclooxygenase-2 and decidual immune cells
Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is a rate-limiting enzyme in arachidonic acid (AA) metabolism. COX-2 and its products (prostanoids) serve versatile biological functions during pregnancy. Numerous evidences demonstrate special reprogramming of COX-2-catalyzing AA metabolism in decidual immune cells (DICs),...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Reproductive and Developmental Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.repdevmed.org/article.asp?issn=2096-2924;year=2019;volume=3;issue=3;spage=177;epage=184;aulast=Ha |
| Summary: | Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is a rate-limiting enzyme in arachidonic acid (AA) metabolism. COX-2 and its products (prostanoids) serve versatile biological functions during pregnancy. Numerous evidences demonstrate special reprogramming of COX-2-catalyzing AA metabolism in decidual immune cells (DICs), particularly in decidual macrophages, corresponding to special gestational phases. This review summarizes the reprogramming of COX-2-catalyzing AA metabolism in DICs as well as the immunoregulation of diverse COX-2-generating prostanoids in DICs during the different phases of gestation. |
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| ISSN: | 2096-2924 2589-8728 |