Beta-asarone attenuates ischemia-reperfusion-induced autophagy in rat brains via modulating JNK, p-JNK, Bcl-2 and Beclin 1

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 680, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 34-40

  Liu, Lin ^a   Fang, Yong Qi ^a   Xue, Zhong Feng ^a   He, Yu Ping ^a   Fang, Ruo Ming ^a   Li, Ling ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

asarone; Autophagy; Beclin 1; Ischemia reperfusion; JNK

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; BETA ASARONE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; SP 1600125; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REPERFUSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANISOLES; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 84862776587     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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