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Radioprotection
Volume 43, Number 5, 2008
36th annual meeting of the European Radiation Research Society
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| Article Number | 210 | |
| Number of page(s) | 1 | |
| Section | Poster Presentation - New therapeutic approaches of radiation injuries | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro:2008516 | |
| Published online | 03 September 2008 | |
Meloxicam, a Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitor, Stimulates Myelopoiesis in Irradiated Mice Via Induction of G-CSF
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Inst. Biophys., Acad. Sci. Czech Rep., Královopolská 135, 61265 Brno, Czech Republic
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Inst. Pathophysiol., Fac. Med., Masaryk Univ., U kamenice 5, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic
Meloxicam, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug acting on the principle of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition and having an improved side-effect profile in terms of the gastrointestinal toxicity, has been found to stimulate hematopoiesis in whole-body sub-lethally or mid-lethally gamma-irradiated mice. Studies on mechanisms of the hematopoiesis-stimulating action of meloxicam have revealed elevated serum levels of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) within the interval of 24 hours after the administration of the drug. Induction of production of G-CSF may be, thus, supposed to be at least partially responsible for the observed beneficial effects of meloxicam in mice with radiation-induced myelosuppression. This work was supported by the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Grant No. 1QS500040507).
Key words: meloxicam / radiation-induced myelosuppression
© EDP Sciences, 2008
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