Expression of the DNA-repair protein XRCC1 and DNA-repair enzyme Ku70 mRNA in the rat cerebral cortex following global cerebral ischemia/reperfusion: Is this correlated with neuroprotective effects of theanine?

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-46

  Xue, Rongliang ^a   Chen, Wenchao ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Li, Shasha ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain; Ischemia reperfusion injury; Ku70; Theanine; XRCC1

Indexed keywords

KU ANTIGEN; THEANINE; XRCC1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 77949414037     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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