Oxidative stress and hyper-inflammation as major drivers of severe COVID-19 and long COVID: implications for the benefit of high-dose intravenous vitamin C

C Vollbracht, K Kraft - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Oxidative stress is a pivotal point in the pathophysiology of COVID-19 and presumably also
in Long-COVID. Inflammation and oxidative stress are mutually reinforcing each other, thus …

A review on natural antioxidants for their role in the treatment of Parkinson's disease

P Mittal, S Dhankhar, S Chauhan, N Garg… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
The neurodegenerative condition known as Parkinson's disease (PD) is brought on by the
depletion of dopaminergic neurons in the basal ganglia, which is the brain region that …

Gut dysbiosis: a new avenue for stroke prevention and therapeutics

SY Park, SP Lee, D Kim, WJ Kim - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
A stroke is a serious life-threatening condition and a leading cause of death and disability
that happens when the blood vessels to part of the brain are blocked or burst. While major …

Epigenetic mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets in stroke

KC Morris-Blanco, AK Chokkalla… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Accumulating evidence indicates a central role for epigenetic modifications in the
progression of stroke pathology. These epigenetic mechanisms are involved in complex and …

Post-stroke brain can be protected by modulating the lncRNA FosDT

SL Mehta, B Chelluboina… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
We previously showed that knockdown or deletion of Fos downstream transcript (FosDT; a
stroke-induced brain-specific long noncoding RNA) is neuroprotective. We presently tested …

The role of DNA methylation in stroke recovery

DH Choi, IA Choi, J Lee - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Epigenetic alterations affect the onset of ischemic stroke, brain injury after stroke, and
mechanisms of poststroke recovery. In particular, DNA methylation can be dynamically …

Role of transcription factors, noncoding RNAs, epitranscriptomics, and epigenetics in post‐ischemic neuroinflammation

SL Mehta, V Arruri, R Vemuganti - Journal of Neurochemistry, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Post‐stroke neuroinflammation is pivotal in brain repair, yet persistent inflammation can
aggravate ischemic brain damage and hamper recovery. Following stroke, specific …

Therapeutic Potential of Intravenous miR-21 Mimic after Stroke Following STAIR Criteria

B Chelluboina, S Jeong, CK Davis, SL Mehta… - Translational Stroke …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The microRNA-21 (miR-21) levels in the brain are crucial in determining post-stroke
brain damage and recovery. The miR-21 exerts neuroprotection by targeting mRNAs that …

Neuroprotection Role of Vitamin C by Upregulating Glutamate Transporter-1 in Auditory Cortex of Noise-Induced Tinnitus Animal Model

W Cao, S Xiong, W Ji, H Wei, F Ma… - ACS Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Vitamin C (Vc) plays a pivotal role in a series of pathological processes, such as tumors,
immune diseases, and neurological disorders. However, its therapeutic potential for tinnitus …

Mechanisms of Autophagy in Ineffective Reperfusion After Ischemic Stroke

S Bai, Y Ding, L Simo, F Li… - Journal of Neuroscience …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Despite significant advancements in achieving high recanalization rates (80%–90%) for
large vessel occlusions through mechanical thrombectomy, the issue of “futile …