Authors
Fahimeh Jafarnezhad-Ansariha, Mir Saeed Yekaninejad, Ahmad-reza Jamshidi, Reza Mansouri, Mahdi Vojdanian, Mahdi Mahmoudi, Mohammad Javad Fattahi, Seyed Naser Hashemi, Bernd HA Rehm, Hidenori Matsuo, Emanuela Esposito, Salvatore Cuzzocrea, Abbas Mirshafiey
Publication date
2018/4
Journal
Inflammopharmacology
Volume
26
Pages
375-384
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Description
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a debilitating chronic inflammatory disease with genetic predisposition, which is characterized by the involvement of spine and sacroiliac joints. Due to the relatively unsuccessful treatments, we designed β-d-mannuronic (M2000) with the beneficial effects in various experimental models as a novel non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). The aims of our present study were: first, to compare the therapeutic effects of M2000, as a novel designed NSAID, with naproxen and placebo in Iranian patients with AS during 12 weeks; second, to evaluate the effect of M2000 on gene expression of cyclooxygenase enzyme (COX-1/COX-2), a key enzyme in the initiation of inflammatory pathways in AS patients; and third, to assess the activity of COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes in the presence/absence of M2000 at the different doses in the murine macrophage, J774 cell line. This was a sub …
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