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ArticleBiomedicines2018

Genistein Loaded Nanofibers Protect Spinal Cord Tissue Following Experimental Injury in Rats.

Mohamed Ismail, Sara Ibrahim, Azza El-Amir, Amira M El-Rafei, Nageh K Allam, Ahmed Abdellatif

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Article in Biomedicines, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Mohamed IsmailZoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt. dr_mesmail@yahoo.com.
Sara IbrahimEnergy Materials Laboratory, School of Sciences and Engineering, American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt. dms.80270@gmail.com.
Azza El-AmirZoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt. Azzaelamir@yahoo.com.
Amira M El-RafeiRefractories, Ceramics and Building Materials Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt. am.amin@nrc.sci.eg.
Nageh K AllamEnergy Materials Laboratory, School of Sciences and Engineering, American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt. nageh.allam@aucegypt.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9458-3507
Ahmed AbdellatifBiology Department, School of Sciences and Engineering, American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt. ahmed.abdellatif@aucegypt.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0486-348X
American University in Cairo · EGCairo University · EGFuture University in Egypt · EGNational Research Centre · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Innovative drug-delivery systems offer a unique approach to effectively provide therapeutic drug dose over the needed time to achieve better tissue protection and enhanced recovery. The hypothesis of the current study was to test the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of genistein and nanofibers on the spinal cord tissue following experimental spinal cord injury (SCI). Rats were treated post SCI with genistein that is loaded on chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol (CS/PVA) nanofibers as an implantable drug-delivery system. SCI caused marked oxidative damage and inflammation, as is evident by the reduction in the super oxide dismutase (SOD) activity and the level of interleukin-10 (IL-10) in injured spinal cord tissue, as well as the significant increase in the levels of nitric oxide (NO), malondialdehyde (MDA), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). Treatment of rats post SCI with genistein and CS/PVA nanofibers improved most of the above-mentioned biochemical parameters and shifted them toward the control group values. Genistein induced an increase in the activity of SOD and the level of IL-10, while causing a decrease in NO, MDA, and TNF-α in injured spinal cord tissue. Genistein and CS/PVA nanofibers provide a novel combination for treating inflammatory nervous tissue conditions, especially when combined as an implantable drug-delivery system.

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genisteinIL-10inflammation SCIMDAnanofibersNOSODspinal cord injuryTNF-α

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PMID30287760
PMCPMC6316236
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