ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2016
Anti-Inflammatory Small Molecules To Treat Seizures and Epilepsy: From Bench to Bedside.
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- Epilepsy as a Disorder of Neuroimmune Metabolism: The Kynurenine Pathway as a Link Between Cognitive and Psychiatric Dysfunction.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Lipoxygenase (LOX) signaling in epilepsy: Pathophysiology and therapeutic prospects.Neurobiology of disease · 2026Review
- Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Strategies in Epilepsy: From Molecular Mechanisms to Threshold Management.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Development of highly potent EP2 antagonists as novel anti-inflammatory neuroprotectants.Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry · 2026Article
- Status epilepticus-induced 12/15-lipoxygenase drives neuroinflammation and contributes to neuronal injuries and behavioral comorbidities.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2026Article
- Neuroprotective effects of sulfasalazine in experimental model of seizures and epilepsy.BMC neuroscience · 2026Article
- From insult to hyperexcitability: pharmacological targeting of MyD88 and JAK/STAT3 pathways in epilepsy.Inflammopharmacology · 2026Review
- Molecular Mechanism of Compound Glycyrrhizin in Kainic Acid-Induced Epilepsy in Rat Model.Molecular biotechnology · 2026Article
- Epilepsy: Molecular Pathogenesis and Emerging Therapies.MedComm · 2026Review
- Microglial phagocytosis in epilepsy: Mechanisms and impact.The Journal of physiology · 2026Review
- Neuroinflammation and autism: what have we learned so far?International journal of developmental disabilities · 2026Article
- Intranasal Biodegradable Nanomedicine for Epilepsy Management: Targeting the Brain Beyond the Blood-Brain Barrier.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Triptolide Inhibits Epileptic Seizures by Rescuing the Neuroinflammation-Related GABAergic Dysfunction in Mice.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2025Article
- The Impact of Small Molecule on the Astrocyte's Viability Derived From Epileptic Brain Tissues.Basic and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
- Coordination acid-engineered Prussian Blue affects glycometabolic reprogramming in microglia for epileptic treatment.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2025Article
- Modulating inflammatory prostaglandin E2 signaling to mitigate neurobehavioral comorbidities associated with seizure disorders.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2025Review
- Effects of two different peptides on pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in larval zebrafish.PloS one · 2025Article
- Isoindoline-1,3-dione Derivatives as Prototypes for Anticonvulsant Drug Discovery.Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates)) · 2025Article
- A Narrative Review of the Published Pre-Clinical Evaluations: Multiple Effects of Arachidonic Acid, its Metabolic Enzymes and Metabolites in Epilepsy.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
- Gentiopicroside Attenuates Lithium/Pilocarpine-Induced Epilepsy Seizures by Down-Regulating NR2B/CaMKII/CREB and TLR4/NF-κB Signaling Pathways in the Hippocampus of Mice.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
As a crucial component of brain innate immunity, neuroinflammation initially contributes to neuronal tissue repair and maintenance. However, chronic inflammatory processes within the brain and associated blood-brain barrier (BBB) impairment often cause neurotoxicity and hyperexcitability. Mounting evidence points to a mutual facilitation between inflammation and epilepsy, suggesting that blocking the undesired inflammatory signaling within the brain might provide novel strategies to treat seizures and epilepsy. Neuroinflammation is primarily characterized by the upregulation of proinflammatory mediators in epileptogenic foci, among which cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)/prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) have been extensively studied. Small molecules that specifically target these key proinflammatory perpetrators have been evaluated for antiepileptic and antiepileptogenic effects in animal models. These important preclinical studies provide new insights into the regulation of inflammation in epileptic brains and guide drug discovery efforts aimed at developing novel anti-inflammatory therapies for seizures and epilepsy.
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