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ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2015

New antioxidant drugs for neonatal brain injury.

Maria Luisa Tataranno, Serafina Perrone, Mariangela Longini, Giuseppe Buonocore

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Review in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
13.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Vitamin D Attenuates Hypoxia-Induced Injury in Rat Primary Neuron Cells through Downregulation of the Dual Oxidase 1 (DUOX1) Gene.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria Luisa TatarannoDepartment of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Serafina PerroneDepartment of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5478-5657
Mariangela LonginiDepartment of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Giuseppe BuonocoreDepartment of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
University of Siena · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The brain injury concept covers a lot of heterogeneity in terms of aetiology involving multiple factors, genetic, hemodynamic, metabolic, nutritional, endocrinological, toxic, and infectious mechanisms, acting in antenatal or postnatal period. Increased vulnerability of the immature brain to oxidative stress is documented because of the limited capacity of antioxidant enzymes and the high free radicals (FRs) generation in rapidly growing tissue. FRs impair transmembrane enzyme Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity resulting in persistent membrane depolarization and excessive release of FR and excitatory aminoacid glutamate. Besides being neurotoxic, glutamate is also toxic to oligodendroglia, via FR effects. Neuronal cells die of oxidative stress. Excess of free iron and deficient iron/binding metabolising capacity are additional features favouring oxidative stress in newborn. Each step in the oxidative injury cascade has become a potential target for neuroprotective intervention. The administration of antioxidants for suspected or proven brain injury is still not accepted for clinical use due to uncertain beneficial effects when treatments are started after resuscitation of an asphyxiated newborn. The challenge for the future is the early identification of high-risk babies to target a safe and not toxic antioxidant therapy in combination with standard therapies to prevent brain injury and long-term neurodevelopmental impairment.

Indexed as

AntioxidantsBrain InjuriesErythropoietinHumansInfant, NewbornNeuroprotective AgentsNitric Oxide SynthaseOxidative StressProstaglandinsReceptors, ErythropoietinSerum AlbuminAntioxidantsErythropoietinNeuroprotective AgentsNitric Oxide SynthaseProstaglandinsReceptors, ErythropoietinSerum Albumin

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PMID25685254
PMCPMC4313724
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