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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2016

Rosiglitazone ameliorates astrocyte over-activation and inflammatory cytokine release induced by global cerebral ischemia/reperfusion.

Shanling Ren, Yan Xu, Dongwei Lv, Lei Zhang

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Shanling RenDepartment of Neurology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, P.R. China.
Yan XuDepartment of Neurology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, P.R. China.
Dongwei LvDepartment of Neurology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, P.R. China.
Lei ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, P.R. China.
Wuhan University · CNZhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University · CN

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Abstract

Global cerebral ischemia (GCI) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide and remains the primary cause of long-term neurological disability. Astrocyte over-activation and extensive neuron loss in the ischemic brain are the characteristic pathological features of cerebral ischemia. Rosiglitazone (RSG) is a peroxisome-proliferating activating receptor-γ agonist known for its anti-inflammatory activity. Previous studies have suggested that RSG is able to exert neuroprotection in numerous acute and chronic brain injury models. However, whether RSG treatment is involved in astrocyte over-activation and inflammatory reaction in the cortex remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether RSG treatment improved functional impairment induced following GCI and protected against cortex neuron loss, and to elucidate the potential mechanisms underlying these functions. Rats were randomly divided into three groups: Sham-operated, GCI and RSG treatment groups. The RSG treatment group was treated with 2 mg/kg RSG immediately following GCI. The results demonstrated that RSG treatment significantly reduced infarct volume and neuron survival rates in addition to increasing function recovery. Furthermore, these results correlate with a reduction in astrocyte over-activation and inflammatory cytokines in the rat cortex. However, no significant changes in glutamate transporter-1 expression levels were observed following RSG treatment compared with the GCI rats. The results of this investigation provide

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