Immunohistochemical assessment of cyclooxygenase (COX) localisation in gastric tissue
| Author | COX-1 localisation | COX-2 localisation | Antibody used |
| Rainsford 199591 | Not detectable | Smooth muscle cells, inner circular muscle layer | Human polyclonal antibodies |
| Iseki 199592 | Mucous neck cells | Surface mucus cells | Cayman antibody |
| Kargman 199693 | Endothelial cells | Subset of macrophages | Cayman antibody |
| Tarnawski 199694 | Surface epithelial and some glandular cells | Endothelial cells of microvessels, submucosal macrophages | Cayman antibody |
| Tarnawski 199796 | Not examined | Endothelial cells of microvessels and basement membranes | Cayman antibody |
| Davies 199797 | Not examined | “Superficial mucosa” | “Primary rat antibody” |
| Donnelly 199798 | Parietal cells | Myofibroblasts, endothelial cells, inflammatory mononuclear cells | Cayman antibody |
| Schmassmann 199876 | Mucous neck cells | Monocytes, macrophages, fibroblasts, endothelial cells at ulcer margin | Cayman antibody |
| Zimmermann 199899 | Smooth muscle cells | Smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells | Dianova antibody (COX-1) Cayman antibody (COX-2) |
| Takahashi 1998101 | Not examined | Fibroblasts, mononuclear cells, macrophages, granulocytes | Not specified |
| Fu 1999104 | Not examined | Mononuclear cells, myofibroblasts | “Primary rat antibody” |
| McCarthy 1999105 | Not examined | Surface epithelial cells, parietal cells | Cayman antibodies |
| Sawaoka 1998106 | Not examined | Mucous neck cells, mononuclear cells | Not specified |