Thursday, December 12, 2013

Nrf2 protecting against glutamate toxicity, neuroprotective

"The Nrf2-ARE pathway appears to contribute to neuroprotection. First, activation of the Nrf2-ARE pathway by tert-butylhydroquinone (tBHQ) protected neuroblastoma cells from oxidative glutamate toxicity (27)"

"Overexpression of Nrf2 and small molecule-mediated activation of the Nrf2-ARE pathway in astrocytes increased resistance of neurons to non-excitotoxic glutamate toxicity (31)"

NRf2 - A multi-organ protector?

No comments:

Post a Comment