Tetramethylpyrazine in a Murine Alkali-Burn Model Blocks NFκB/NRF-1/CXCR4-Signaling-Induced Corneal Neovascularization
Author(s) -
Mingjun Tang,
Ying Yang,
Jingzhi Yu,
Jin Qiu,
Pei Chen,
YiHui Wu,
Qiyun Wang,
Zhuojun Xu,
Jian Ge,
Keming Yu,
Jing Zhuang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.17-23712
Subject(s) - tetramethylpyrazine , chromatin immunoprecipitation , microbiology and biotechnology , corneal neovascularization , chemistry , neovascularization , western blot , cxcr4 , transcription factor , nf κb , biology , gene expression , chemokine , signal transduction , cancer research , receptor , medicine , pathology , angiogenesis , biochemistry , promoter , gene , alternative medicine
Tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) is the active ingredient extracted from the Chinese herb Chuanxiong. The purpose of our study was to identify the mechanism of therapeutic TMP suppression of pathologic chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) transcription.
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