Acute effect of ghrelin on ischemia/reperfusion injury in the rat spinal cord

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 9864-9876

  Zhang, Qin ^a,b   Huang, Chen ^b   Meng, Bin ^b   Tang, Tiansi ^b   Shi, Qin ^b   Yang, Huilin ^b  

^a Yuncheng Central Hospital   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Ischemia reperfusion injury; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MESSENGER RNA; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; GHSR1A PROTEIN, RAT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GHSR 1A GENE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; TARLOV SCORE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GHRELIN; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PEROXIDASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84864990336     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13089864     Document Type: Article

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