Orally administered melatonin prevents lipopolysaccharide-induced neural tube defects in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Fu, Lin ^a   Yu, Zhen ^a   Chen, Yuan Hua ^a   Xia, Mi Zhen ^a   Wang, Hua ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a   Tao, Fang Biao ^a   Xu, De Xiang ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CXCL3 CHEMOKINE; FOLIC ACID; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MELATONIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PROTON COUPLED FOLATE TRANSPORTER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIOXIDANT; AUTACOID; CHEMOKINE; SLC46A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANENCEPHALUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; DOWN REGULATION; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; EXENCEPHALY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETON MALFORMATION; UPREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN; ANENCEPHALY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MENINGOCELE; METABOLISM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANENCEPHALY; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHEMOKINES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MELATONIN; MENINGOCELE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTON-COUPLED FOLATE TRANSPORTER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84913554016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113763     Document Type: Article

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