Lipoic acid and N-acetylcysteine prevent ammonia-induced inflammatory response in C6 astroglial cells: The putative role of ERK and HO1 signaling pathways

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1350-1357

  Santos, Camila Leite ^a   Bobermin, Larissa Daniele ^a   Souza, Débora Guerini ^a   Bellaver, Bruna ^a   Bellaver, Gabriela ^a   Arús, Bernardo Assein ^a   Souza, Diogo Onofre ^a   Gonçalves, Carlos Alberto ^a   Quincozes Santos, André ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ammonia cytotoxicity; ERK; HO1; Inflammatory response; LA; NAC

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMMONIA; GLUTATHIONE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN S100B; THIOCTIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CYTOKINE; HEME OXYGENASE; HMOX1 PROTEIN, RAT; NITRITE; S100B PROTEIN, RAT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTROCYTES; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GLUTATHIONE; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); NITRITES; RATS; S100 CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 84936774902     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: 18793177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2015.05.023     Document Type: Article

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