Neuroprotection Against Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury by Inhibiting the Apoptotic Protease Activating Factor-1 Pathway
Author(s) -
Yanqin Gao,
Peiying Li,
Xiaoming Hu,
Wenting Zhang,
R. Anne Stetler,
Peter S. Vosler,
Guodong Cao,
Jun Chen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.109.561852
Subject(s) - neuroprotection , medicine , apoptosis , pharmacology , protease , stroke (engine) , hypoxia (environmental) , ischemia , enzyme , biochemistry , mechanical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , oxygen , engineering
Emerging evidence suggests that mitochondrial damage-mediated neuronal apoptosis is a major contributor to neonatal hypoxic-ischemic (H-I) brain injury. This study was performed to determine whether targeted inhibition of the apoptotic protease activating factor-1 (Apaf-1) signaling pathway downstream of mitochondrial damage confers neuroprotection in rodent models of neonatal H-I.
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