Betulinic acid protects against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice by reducing oxidative and nitrosative stress

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 132-138

  Lu, Qing ^a,b   Xia, Ning ^a   Xu, Hui ^b   Guo, Lianjun ^b   Wenzel, Philip ^a   Daiber, Andreas ^a   Münzel, Thomas ^a   Förstermann, Ulrich ^a   Li, Huige ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Betulinic acid; NADPH oxidase; Nitric oxide synthase; Nitrosative stress; Oxidative stress; Stroke

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BETULIC ACID; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN P22; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE 2; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NADPH OXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REPERFUSION INJURY; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRITERPENES; TYROSINE;

MUS;

EID: 79954628009     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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