Studies of selective tnf inhibitors in the treatment of brain injury from stroke and trauma: A review of the evidence to date

Drug Design, Development and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 2221-2239

  Tuttolomondo, Antonino ^a   Pecoraro, Rosaria ^a   Pinto, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Stroke; TBI; Traumatic brain injury; Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors

Indexed keywords

3,6' DITHIOTHALIDOMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ADALIMUMAB; AMPA RECEPTOR; CALPHOSTIN C; CYCLIC AMP; DOPAMINE; DOUBLECORTIN; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D8F2; PROSTAGLANDIN; SEROTONIN; SN 50; THALIDOMIDE DERIVATIVE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA CONVERTING ENZYME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL ACTIVATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG MECHANISM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLUTAMATERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; STROKE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; STROKE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84910666313     PISSN: 11778881     EISSN: 11778881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DDDT.S67655     Document Type: Review

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