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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2021

The α2AR/Caveolin-1/p38MAPK/NF-κB axis explains dexmedetomidine protection against lung injury following intestinal ischaemia-reperfusion.

Lin Xu, Taiyuan Li, Qiuhong Chen, Zhen Liu, Yuesheng Chen, Kai Hu, Xuekang Zhang

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Impact of Dexmedetomidine on Analgesia and Inflammatory Response in Knee Surgery: A Study of IPACK and ACB Techniques.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lin XuDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Taiyuan LiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Qiuhong ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Zhen LiuDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Yuesheng ChenDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Kai HuNanchang Hongdu Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China.
Xuekang ZhangDepartment of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1603-8145
Nanchang University · CNSecond Hospital of Nanchang · CN

Funding

Key R & D Project of Jiangxi Provincial Science and Technology Department . 20192BBG70024Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province 20171BAB205002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intestinal ischaemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury can result in acute lung injury due to ischaemia and hypoxia. Dexmedetomidine (Dex), a highly selective alpha2-noradrenergic receptor (α2AR) agonist used in anaesthesia, is reported to regulate inflammation in organs. This study aimed to investigate the role and mechanism of Dex in lung injury caused by intestinal I/R. After establishing a rat model of intestinal I/R, we measured the wet-to-dry specific gravity of rat lungs upon treatments with Dex, SB239063 and the α2AR antagonist Atipamezole. Moreover, injury scoring and histopathological studies of lung tissues were performed, followed by ELISA detection on tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6 expression. Correlation of Caveolin-1 (Cav-1) protein expression with p38, p-p38, p-p65 and p65 in rat lung tissues was analysed, and the degree of cell apoptosis in lung tissues after intestinal I/R injury was detected by TUNEL assay. The lung injury induced by intestinal I/R was a dynamic process. Moreover, Dex had protective effects against lung injury by mediating the expression of Cal-1 and α

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Caveolin-1dexmedetomidineintestinal ischaemia-reperfusionlung injuryNF-κBp38MAPKα2A-AR

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