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ArticleFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2020

Targeting Oxidative Stress and Inflammation to Prevent Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.

Liquan Wu, Xiaoxing Xiong, Xiaomin Wu, Yingze Ye, Zhihong Jian, Zeng Zhi, Lijuan Gu

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Article in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 290 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

Who cites it

290 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 483 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Liquan WuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xiaoxing XiongDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xiaomin WuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China.
Yingze YeCentral Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Zhihong JianDepartment of Neurosurgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Zeng ZhiDepartment of Pathology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Lijuan GuCentral Laboratory, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Wuhan University · CNRenmin Hospital of Wuhan University · CNZhejiang Provincial People's Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cerebral ischemia injury can result in neuronal death and/or functional impairment, which leads to further damage and dysfunction after recovery of blood supply. Cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury (CIRI) often causes irreversible brain damage and neuronal injury and death, which involves many complex pathological processes including oxidative stress, amino acid toxicity, the release of endogenous substances, inflammation and apoptosis. Oxidative stress and inflammation are interactive and play critical roles in ischemia/reperfusion injury in the brain. Oxidative stress is important in the pathological process of ischemic stroke and is critical for the cascade development of ischemic injury. Oxidative stress is caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) during cerebral ischemia and is more likely to lead to cell death and ultimately brain death after reperfusion. During reperfusion especially, superoxide anion free radicals, hydroxyl free radicals, and nitric oxide (NO) are produced, which can cause lipid peroxidation, inflammation and cell apoptosis. Inflammation alters the balance between pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory factors in cerebral ischemic injury. Inflammatory factors can therefore stimulate or exacerbate inflammation and aggravate ischemic injury. Neuroprotective therapies for various stages of the cerebral ischemia cascade response have received widespread attention. At present, neuroprotective drugs mainly include free radical scavengers, anti-inflammatory agents, and anti-apoptotic agents. However, the molecular mechanisms of the interaction between oxidative stress and inflammation, and their interplay with different types of programmed cell death in ischemia/reperfusion injury are unclear. The development of a suitable method for combination therapy has become a hot topic.

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cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injuryinflammationneuroprotectiveoxidative stresssignaling pathways

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PMCPMC7066113
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