ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2019
Pretreatment With PCSK9 Inhibitor Protects the Brain Against Cardiac Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Through a Reduction of Neuronal Inflammation and Amyloid Beta Aggregation.
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- AlirocumabCurrent cardiology reviews · 2026Pooled it
- PCSK9 at the intersection of lipid metabolism, immunometabolism, and psychiatric disorders: A narrative review.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026Review
- PCSK9 in bridging metabolism and neurodegeneration: a new paradigm for alzheimer's treatment.Metabolic brain disease · 2026Review
- Therapeutic Potential of PCSK9 Inhibitors in Regulating Neuroinflammation in Acute Ischemic Stroke.CNS drugs · 2026Review
- Early PCSK9 Inhibitor Use Correlates With Improved Outcomes in Patients With Acute Stroke Receiving Endovascular Therapy.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
- Influence of PCSK9 inhibitors on early neurological function, inflammatory factors and blood lipids in patients with acute cerebral infarction: a retrospective cohort study.BMC neurology · 2026Article
- Heart-brain axis pathophysiological understanding and clinical impact.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Evolocumab Alters Transcriptomic Signatures and Identifies Inflammatory Biomarkers in Brain-Heart Syndrome with Coronary Heart Disease History.International journal of general medicine · 2026Article
- Myocardial Inflammation as Key Mediator of Heart-brain Interaction After Myocardial Ischemia/Infarction: Mechanistic Exploration of Post-Myocardial Infarction Cognitive Dysfunction.Current neuropharmacology · 2026Review
- Beyond the Heart: The Neuroprotective Potential of Nebivolol in Acute Myocardial Infarction.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Roles of PCSK9 in Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review of Clinical, Genetic, and Preclinical Evidence.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) in Alzheimer's Disease: Recent Advances and Controversies.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Review
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- A Pre-Clinical Study on the Use of the Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Inhibitor PEP 2-8 to Mitigate Ischemic Injury in a Rat Marginal Donor Model.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Electroacupuncture Pretreatment Alleviates Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Inhibiting Engulfment by Microglia in the Lateral Hypothalamus.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2025Article
- Targeting proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) to tackle central nervous system diseases: role as a promising approach.European journal of medical research · 2025Review
- Aerobic Exercise Activates Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 and Alleviates Cardiac Ischemia/Reperfusion-induced Neuronal Oxidative Stress and Ferroptosis in Paraventricular Nucleus.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- A Novel Perspective on PCSK9 in Alzheimer's Disease: A Focus on Amyloid Beta.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- The Emerging Role of PCSK9 in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease: A Possible Target for the Disease Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- E3 ubiquitin ligase MARCH1 reduces inflammation and pyroptosis in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury via PCSK9 downregulation.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background Cardiac ischemic/reperfusion (I/R) injury leads to brain damage. A new antihyperlipidemic drug is aimed at inhibiting PCSK 9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9), a molecule first identified in a neuronal apoptosis paradigm. Thus, the PCSK 9 inhibitor ( PCSK 9i) may play a role in neuronal recovery following cardiac I/R insults. We hypothesize that PCSK 9i attenuates brain damage caused by cardiac I/R via diminishing microglial/astrocytic hyperactivation, β-amyloid aggregation, and loss of dendritic spine. Methods and Results Adult male rats were divided into 7 groups: (1) control (n=4); (2) PCSK 9i without cardiac I/R (n=4); (3) sham (n=4); and cardiac I/R (n=40). Cardiac I/R rats were divided into 4 subgroups (n=10/subgroup): (1) vehicle; (2) PCSK 9i (10 μg/kg, IV) before ischemia; (3) PCSK 9i during ischemia; and (4) PCSK 9i at the onset of reperfusion. At the end of cardiac I/R protocol, brains were removed to determine microglial and astrocytic activities, β-amyloid aggravation, and dendritic spine density. The cardiac I/R led to the activation of the brain's innate immunity resulting in increasing Iba1
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