John R. Vane(1927)
MedicineSir John Robert Vane was a British pharmacologist who was instrumental in the understanding of how aspirin produces pain-relief and anti-inflammatory effects and his work led to new treatments for heart and blood vessel disease and introduction of ACE inhibitors. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1982 along with Sune Bergström and Bengt Samuelsson for "their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances".
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for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances
Wellcome FoundationMost Cited Works
Top publications by citation countThe anti-thrombotic effects of prostacyclin.
Interrelationships between prostacyclin and thromboxane A2.
Inhibitors of cyclooxygenases: mechanisms, selectivity and uses.
New insights into the mode of action of anti-inflammatory drugs
The conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II in vivo
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View all worksThe anti-thrombotic effects of prostacyclin.
Interrelationships between prostacyclin and thromboxane A2.
Inhibitors of cyclooxygenases: mechanisms, selectivity and uses.
New insights into the mode of action of anti-inflammatory drugs
The conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II in vivo
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