The flavanol (-)-epicatechin prevents stroke damage through the Nrf2/HO1 pathway

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1951-1961

  Shah, Zahoor A ^a   Li, Rung Chi ^a   Ahmad, Abdullah S ^a   Kensler, Thomas W ^b   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^b,c   Biswal, Shyam ^b,d   Doré, Sylvain ^a,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epicatechin; heme oxygenase 1; MCAO; NF E2 related factor 2; Nrf2; stroke

Indexed keywords

EPICATECHIN; HEME OXYGENASE 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EXCITOTOXICITY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROKE;

ANIMALS; CATECHIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPROTECTION; HEME OXYGENASE-1; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78649710411     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.53     Document Type: Article

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