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ArticleNeurochemical research2010

Neuroprotective effects of hydroxysafflor yellow A against excitotoxic neuronal death partially through down-regulation of NR2B-containing NMDA receptors.

Q Yang, Z-F Yang, S-B Liu, X-N Zhang, Y Hou, X-Q Li, Y-M Wu, A-D Wen, Ming-Gao Zhao

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Article in Neurochemical research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Phytochemicals with potential NMDAR-inhibitory activities: a review of neuroprotective mechanisms against excitotoxicity.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2026
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  9. Hydroxysafflor Yellow A: A Promising Therapeutic Agent for a Broad Spectrum of Diseases.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018
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  14. Neuroprotective effects of Asiaticoside.Neural regeneration research · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Q YangDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Z-F Yang
S-B Liu
X-N Zhang
Y Hou
X-Q Li
Y-M Wu
A-D Wen
Ming-Gao Zhao
Air Force Medical University · CNXijing Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydroxysafflor yellow A (HSYA) is a component of the flower Carthamus tinctorius L. that elicits neuroprotective effects in vivo and in vitro. The purpose of this study was to investigate pharmacological properties of HSYA on neurotoxicity of glutamate in primary cultured rat cortical neurons along with its possible mechanism of action. After challenge with N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA, 100 microM) for 30 min, loss of cell viability and excessive apoptotic cell death were observed in cultured cortical neurons. However, the excitotoxic neuronal death was attenuated markedly by HSYA treatment. Western blot analysis revealed that HSYA decreased expression of Bax and rescued the balance of pro-and anti-apoptotic proteins. In addition, HSYA significantly reversed up-regulation of NR2B-containing NMDA receptors by exposure to NMDA, while it did not affect the expression of NR2A-containing NMDA receptors. These finding suggest that HSYA protects cortical neurons, at least partially, from inhibiting the expression NR2B-containing NMDA receptors and by regulating Bcl-2 family.

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Animalsbcl-2-Associated X ProteinCell DeathChalconeNeuronsNeuroprotective AgentsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2QuinonesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartatebcl-2-Associated X ProteinChalconehydroxysafflor yellow ANeuroprotective AgentsNR2A NMDA receptorNR2B NMDA receptorProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2QuinonesReceptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate

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