Curcumin activates defensive genes and protects neurons against oxidative stress

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 395-403

  Scapagnini, Giovanni ^a,b   Colombrita, Claudia ^b,c   Amadio, Marialaura ^d   D'Agata, Velia ^a,b   Arcelli, Enrico ^e   Sapienza, Maria ^c   Quattrone, Alessandro ^f   Calabrese, Vittorio ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HEME OXYGENASE 2; MESSENGER RNA; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL NUCLEUS; CURCUMIN; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HEME OXYGENASE-1; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646691510     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2006.8.395     Document Type: Article

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