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ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental medicine2015

Progesterone reduces inflammation and apoptosis in neonatal rats with hypoxic ischemic brain damage through the PI3K/Akt pathway.

Xiaojuan Li, Junhe Zhang, Xiaoqian Zhu, Ping Wang, Xiaoyin Wang, Dongliang Li

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaojuan LiDepartment of Physiology and Neurobiology, Xinxiang Medical University Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China.
Junhe ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xinxiang Medical University Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China.
Xiaoqian ZhuDepartments of Ophthalmology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China.
Ping WangDepartments of Ophthalmology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China.
Xiaoyin WangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xinxiang Medical University Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China.
Dongliang LiDepartment of Physiology and Neurobiology, Xinxiang Medical University Xinxiang, Henan 453003, China.
Xinxiang Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A neonatal rat model with hypoxic ischemic brain damage (HIBD) was established. Forty 7-day-old neonatal Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups: sham operation, model, progesterone and Akt inhibitor. Electron microscopy revealed that the neonatal rats with HIBD showed neuronal changes. The protein expression levels of pAkt, Nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) and Bcl-2 in the hippocampus were detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blot. The neuronal structure was normal in the sham operation group after HIBD for 24 h. Cavitation change due to hypoxic ischemic brain damage was observed in the neurons of the model group. Progesterone treatment improved neuronal damage and cavitation. Neuronal cavitation was clearly changed in the Akt inhibitor group. The protein expression levels of hippocampal pAkt and Bcl-2 did not significantly change after HIBD, whereas that of NF-κB increased. Progesterone pre-treatment increased the expression levels of pAkt and Bcl-2 but decreased that of NF-κB. The protein expression levels of pAkt and Bcl-2 decreased in the Akt inhibitor group, whereas that of NF-κB increased. This result indicates that progesterone can decrease inflammation in HIBD, inhibit apoptosis and protect the brain by activating the Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K/Akt) signalling pathway.

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Bcl-2hypoxic-ischemic brain damageNF-κBPI3K/AktProgesterone

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PMID26221393
PMCPMC4509338
OpenAlexW2193639688

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