Tetracycline derivatives and ceftriaxone, a cephalosporin antibiotic, protect neurons against apoptosis induced by ionizing radiation

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1409-1414

  Tikka, Tiina ^a   Usenius, Taina ^a,b   Tenhunen, Mikko ^b   Keinänen, Riitta ^a   Koistinaho, Jari ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Doxycycline; Microglia; Minocycline; Oixidative stress

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DNA FRAGMENT; DOXYCYCLINE; FREE RADICAL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MINOCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IONIZING RADIATION; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CEFTRIAXONE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEPHALOSPORINS; DOXYCYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034801488     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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