Minocycline reduces traumatic brain injury-mediated caspase-1 activation, tissue damage, and neurological dysfunction

ROS Mejia, VO Ona, M Li, RM Friedlander - Neurosurgery, 2001 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE Caspase-1 plays an important functional role mediating neuronal cell death
and dysfunction after experimental traumatic brain injury (TBI) in mice. Minocycline, a …

Transient neuroprotection by minocycline following traumatic brain injury is associated with attenuated microglial activation but no changes in cell apoptosis or …

N Bye, MD Habgood, JK Callaway, N Malakooti… - Experimental …, 2007 - Elsevier
Cerebral inflammation and apoptotic cell death are two processes implicated in the
progressive tissue damage that occurs following traumatic brain injury (TBI), and strategies …

Minocycline neuroprotects, reduces microgliosis, and inhibits caspase protease expression early after spinal cord injury

BW Festoff, S Ameenuddin, PM Arnold… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Minocycline, a clinically used tetracycline for over 40 years, crosses the blood–brain barrier
and prevents caspase up‐regulation. It reduces apoptosis in mouse models of Huntington's …

[HTML][HTML] Improving outcomes of neuroprotection by minocycline: guides from cell culture and intracerebral hemorrhage in mice

M Xue, EI Mikliaeva, S Casha, D Zygun… - The American journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Minocycline ameliorates deficits in models of acute and chronic neurological diseases, but
many publications do not replicate these results. We tested the hypothesis that a key factor …

Blockade of acute microglial activation by minocycline promotes neuroprotection and reduces locomotor hyperactivity after closed head injury in mice: a twelve-week …

S Homsi, T Piaggio, N Croci, F Noble… - Journal of …, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes a wide spectrum of consequences, such as microglial
activation, cerebral inflammation, and focal and diffuse brain injury, as well as functional …

Minocycline reduces cell death and improves functional recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury in the rat

SM Lee, TY Yune, SJ Kim, DW Park, YK Lee… - Journal of …, 2003 - liebertpub.com
We examined the effects of minocycline, an anti-inflammatory drug, on functional recovery
following spinal cord injury (SCI). Rats received a mild, weight-drop contusion injury to the …

Therapeutic targets and limits of minocycline neuroprotection in experimental ischemic stroke

N Matsukawa, T Yasuhara, K Hara, L Xu, M Maki… - BMC neuroscience, 2009 - Springer
Background Minocycline, a second-generation tetracycline with anti-inflammatory and anti-
apoptotic properties, has been shown to promote therapeutic benefits in experimental …

Neuroprotective effects of minocycline on focal cerebral ischemia injury: a systematic review

Y Naderi, Y Panahi, GE Barreto… - Neural regeneration …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
To review the neuroprotective effects of minocycline in focal cerebral ischemia in animal
models. By searching in the databases of PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Scopus, and …

Minocycline markedly protects the neonatal brain against hypoxic‐ischemic injury

KL Arvin, BH Han, Y Du, SZ Lin, SM Paul… - Annals of Neurology …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Hypoxic‐ischemic brain injury in the perinatal period is a major cause of morbidity and
mortality. Presently, there are no proven effective therapies with which to safeguard the …

A re-assessment of minocycline as a neuroprotective agent in a rat spinal cord contusion model

A Pinzon, A Marcillo, A Quintana, S Stamler, MB Bunge… - Brain research, 2008 - Elsevier
This study was initiated due to an NIH “Facilities of Research—Spinal Cord Injury” contract
to support independent replication of published studies that could be considered for a …