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ArticleInflammation2010

Multiple therapeutic effects of adjunctive baicalin therapy in experimental bacterial meningitis.

Yong-Jun Tang, Fu-Wen Zhou, Zi-Qiang Luo, Xin-Zhong Li, Hui-Ming Yan, Ming-Jie Wang, Fu-Rong Huang, Shao-Jie Yue

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Article in Inflammation, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Flavones induce neutrophil apoptosis by down-regulation of Mcl-1 via a proteasomal-dependent pathway.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2013
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8 authors.

Yong-Jun TangDepartment of Pediatrics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, China.
Fu-Wen Zhou
Zi-Qiang Luo
Xin-Zhong Li
Hui-Ming Yan
Ming-Jie Wang
Fu-Rong Huang
Shao-Jie Yue

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to examine effects of adjunctive baicalin therapy to ampicillin for experimental bacterial meningitis in rabbits. After Escherichia Coli inoculation, mean leukocyte counts, concentrations of protein, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-1 (IL-1) and lactate in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), brain water content and mean arterial and intracranial pressures substantially increased in the meningitis group. Ampicillin alone for 5 h markedly exacerbated the enhanced leukocyte counts and protein concentration, and showed no significant effect on the elevated CSF TNF-alpha, IL-1 and lactate concentration, mean arterial and intracranial pressures, and brain water content. Baicalin (7-D-glucuronic acid-5,6-dihydroxyflavone, C(21)H(18)O(11)) completely counteracted ampicillin-induced exacerbation, and further alleviated the enhanced mean leukocyte counts and protein concentration when combined with ampicillin. Adjunctive baicalin also significantly ameliorated the elevated CSF TNF-alpha, IL-1 and lactate concentration, mean arterial and intracranial pressures, and brain water content. Baicillin, as an adjunctive treatment exerted multiple therapeutic effects in experimental bacterial meningitis.

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AmpicillinAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsBlood PressureBrain EdemaCerebrospinal Fluid ProteinsDisease Models, AnimalDiuretics, OsmoticDrug Therapy, CombinationEscherichia coli InfectionsFlavonoidsInterleukin-1Intracranial PressureLactic AcidLeukocyte CountAmpicillinAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsbaicalinCerebrospinal Fluid ProteinsDiuretics, OsmoticFlavonoidsInterleukin-1Lactic AcidMannitolTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaWater

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