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SUBMITTER: Prage EB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3773687 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Prage Edward B EB Morgenstern Ralf R Jakobsson Per-Johan PJ Stec Donald F DF Voehler Markus W MW Armstrong Richard N RN
Biochemistry 20120308 11
Microsomal prostaglandin E synthase 1 (MPGES1) is an enzyme that produces the pro-inflammatory molecule prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)). Effective inhibitors of MPGES1 are of considerable pharmacological interest for the selective control of pain, fever, and inflammation. The isoprostane, 15-deoxy-Δ(12,14)-prostaglandin J(2) (15d-PGJ(2)), a naturally occurring degradation product of prostaglandin D(2), is known to have anti-inflammatory properties. In this paper, we demonstrate that 15d-PGJ(2) can i ...[more]