Curcumin inhibits superoxide anion-induced pain-like behavior and leukocyte recruitment by increasing Nrf2 expression and reducing NF-κB activation

Inflammation Research

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 993-1003

  Fattori, Victor ^a   Pinho Ribeiro, Felipe A ^a   Borghi, Sergio M ^a   Alves Filho, José C ^b   Cunha, Thiago M ^b   Cunha, Fernando Q ^b   Casagrande, Rubia ^a   Verri, Waldiceu A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Curcumin; IL 10; NF B; Nrf2; Pain; Superoxide anion

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 91; HEME OXYGENASE 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; ANTIOXIDANT; CYBB PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYTOKINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NFE2L2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; OXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; GENE EXPRESSION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MECHANICAL HYPERALGESIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HYPERALGESIA; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CURCUMIN; CYTOKINES; HEME OXYGENASE-1; HYPERALGESIA; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; NADPH OXIDASE; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; NF-KAPPA B; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDES; PAIN; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 84945457274     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: 1420908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00011-015-0885-y     Document Type: Article

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