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Gökce EC, Kahveci R, Gökce A, Cemil B, Aksoy N, Sargon MF, Kısa Ü, Erdoğan B, Güvenç Y, Alagöz F, Kahveci O. Neuroprotective effects of thymoquinone against spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury by attenuation of inflammation, oxidative stress, and apoptosis. J Neurosurg Spine 2016; 24:949-59. [DOI: 10.3171/2015.10.spine15612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury of the spinal cord following thoracoabdominal aortic surgery remains the most devastating complication, with a life-changing impact on the patient. Thymoquinone (TQ), the main constituent of the volatile oil from Nigella sativa seeds, is reported to possess strong antioxidant, antiinflammatory, and antiapoptotic properties. This study investigated the effects of TQ administration following I/R injury to the spinal cord.
METHODS
Thirty-two rats were randomly allocated into 4 groups. Group 1 underwent only laparotomy. For Group 2, aortic clip occlusion was introduced to produce I/R injury. Group 3 was given 30 mg/kg of methylprednisolone intraperitoneally immediately after the I/R injury. Group 4 was given 10 mg/kg of TQ intraperitoneally for 7 days before induction of spinal cord I/R injury, and administration was continued until the animal was euthanized. Locomotor function (Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan scale and inclined plane test) was assessed at 24 hours postischemia. Spinal cord tissue samples were harvested to analyze tissue concentrations of malondialdehyde, nitric oxide, tumor necrosis factor–α, interleukin-1, superoxide dismutase, glutathione-peroxidase, catalase, and caspase-3. In addition, histological and ultrastructural evaluations were performed.
RESULTS
Thymoquinone treatment improved neurological outcome, which was supported by decreased levels of oxidative products (malondialdehyde and nitric oxide) and proinflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor–α and interleukin-1), increased activities of antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, glutathione-peroxidase, and catalase), as well as reduction of motor neuron apoptosis. Light microscopy and electron microscopy results also showed preservation of tissue structure in the treatment group.
CONCLUSIONS
As shown by functional, biochemical, histological, and ultrastructural analysis, TQ exhibits an important protective effect against I/R injury of the spinal cord.
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Affiliation(s)
- Emre Cemal Gökce
- 1Department of Neurosurgery, Turgut Özal University, Faculty of Medicine
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- 2Department of Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health, Çanakkale State Hospital, Çanakkale
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- 3Department of Pathology, Ministry of Health, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, Turgut Özal University, Faculty of Medicine
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- 4Department of Biochemistry, Kirikkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Kirikkale; and
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- 4Department of Biochemistry, Kirikkale University, Faculty of Medicine, Kirikkale; and
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, Turgut Özal University, Faculty of Medicine
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- 6Department of Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health, Ankara Sincan State Hospital; and
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- 7Department of Neurosurgery, Ministry of Health, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara
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- 8Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey
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Zhou L, Wang X, Xue W, Xie K, Huang Y, Chen H, Gong G, Zeng Y. Beneficial effects of hydrogen-rich saline against spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury in rabbits. Brain Res 2013; 1517:150-60. [PMID: 23603405 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2012] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 04/10/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Hydrogen-rich saline (HS) is reported to be a new therapeutic agent in ischemia-reperfusion (I/R)-induced organ damage. The present study was designed to investigate the beneficial effects of HS against spinal cord I/R injury and its associated mechanisms. Spinal cord ischemia was induced by infrarenal aortic occlusion for 20min in male New Zealand white rabbits. Different doses of HS were intravenously (i.v.) administered at 5min before or after the beginning of reperfusion. Moreover, the roles of mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels (mitoKATP), oxidative stress, inflammatory cytokines and apoptosis was assessed. Here, we found that I/R-challenged rabbits exhibited significant spinal cord injury characterized by the decreased numbers of normal motor neurons and hind-limb motor dysfunction, which was significantly ameliorated by 5mL/kg and 10mL/kg HS treatment before reperfusion or 10mL/kg HS treatment after reperfusion. However, the protective effects of HS treatment in spinal cord I/R injury were partially abolished by the selective mitoKATP channel blocker 5-hydroxydecanoate (5-HD). Moreover, we showed that the beneficial effects of 10mL/kg HS treatment against spinal cord I/R damage were associated with the decreased levels of oxidative products [8-iso-prostaglandin F2α (8-iso-PGF2α) and malondialdehyde (MDA)] and pro-inflammatory cytokines [tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1)], as well as the increased activities of antioxidant enzymes [superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT)] in serum at 6h, 12h, 24h, 48h and 72h after reperfusion and in spinal cord at 72h after reperfusion. Furthermore, HS treatment (10mL/kg) reduced caspase-3 activity in the spinal cord of this model. Thus, HS may be an effective therapeutic agent for spinal cord I/R injury via activation of mitoKATP channels as well as reduction of oxidative stress, inflammatory cytokines and apoptosis.
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- Leshun Zhou
- Department of Anesthesiology, General Hospital of Chengdu Military Command, Chengdu 610083, Sichuan Province, PR China
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Brain and spinal cord traumas include blunt and penetrating trauma, disease, and required surgery. Such traumas trigger events such as inflammation, infiltration of inflammatory and other cells, oxidative stress, acidification, excitotoxicity, ischemia, and the loss of calcium homeostasis, all of which cause neurotoxicity and neuron death. To prevent trauma-induced neurological deficits and death, each of the many neurotoxic events that occur in parallel or sequentially must be minimized or prevented. Although neuroprotective techniques have been developed that block single neurotoxic events, most provide only limited neuroprotection and are only applied singly. However, because many neurotoxicity triggers arise from common events, an approach for invoking more effective neuroprotection is to apply multiple neuroprotective methods simultaneously before the many neurotoxic triggers and cascades are initiated and become irreversible. This paper first discusses some triggers of neurotoxicity and neuroprotective mechanisms that block them, including hypothermia, alkalinization, and the administration of adenosine. It then examines how the simultaneous application of these techniques provides significantly greater neuroprotection than is provided by any technique alone. The paper also stresses the importance of determining whether the neuroprotection provided by these techniques can be further enhanced by combining them with additional techniques, such as the systemic administration of glucocorticoids. Finally, the paper stresses the absolute critical importance of applying these techniques within the "golden hour" following trauma, before the many neurotoxic events and cascades are manifest and before the neurotoxic cascades become irreversible.
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- Damien P Kuffler
- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Dai SS, Zhou YG. Adenosine 2A receptor: a crucial neuromodulator with bidirectional effect in neuroinflammation and brain injury. Rev Neurosci 2011; 22:231-9. [PMID: 21476942 DOI: 10.1515/rns.2011.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This review summarizes recent developments that have contributed to our understanding of how adenosine 2A receptors (A2ARs) modulate brain damage in various animal models of acute neurological injuries, including brain ischemia, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and hemorrhage stroke. The main conclusions are: (1) pharmacological, neurochemical and molecular/genetic approaches to the complex actions of A2AR in different cellular elements suggest that A2AR activation exerts bidirectional effect (detrimental or protective) after brain insults; (2) modulation of glutamate excitotoxicity and neuroinflammation are involved in the protection of A2AR agonists or antagonists, but the bidirectional effect of A2AR is largely due to the bidirectional regulation of neuroinflammation (anti-inflammation or proinflammation) by A2AR on immune cells such as microglia cells and peripheral bone marrow cells; and (3) the bidirectional effect of A2AR on neuroinflammation and brain injury depends on the distinct and sometimes opposite actions of A2AR in various cellular elements and on different injury models and associated pathological conditions. The local glutamate level in the brain injury is one of the crucial factors that contribute to the direction of A2AR effect on neuroinflammation and brain injury outcome. These developments presented here clearly highlight the complexity of using A2AR agents therapeutically in acute neuronal injuries and confirm that A2AR ligands have many promising characteristics that encourage the pursuit of their full therapeutic potential.
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- Shuang-Shuang Dai
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Third Military Medical University, 400038 Chongqing, China
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Csóka B, Haskó G. Adenosine, inflammation pathways and therapeutic challenges. Joint Bone Spine 2011; 78:4-6. [PMID: 20889361 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2010.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2010] [Accepted: 08/19/2010] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Huang Y, Xie K, Li J, Xu N, Gong G, Wang G, Yu Y, Dong H, Xiong L. Beneficial effects of hydrogen gas against spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury in rabbits. Brain Res 2010; 1378:125-36. [PMID: 21195696 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2010] [Revised: 12/21/2010] [Accepted: 12/23/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Recently, hydrogen gas (H₂) is reported to be a new therapeutic agent in organ damage induced by ischemia-reperfusion (I/R). The present study was designed to investigate the beneficial effects of H₂ against spinal cord I/R injury and its associated mechanisms. Spinal cord ischemia was induced by infrarenal aortic occlusion for 20 min in male New Zealand white rabbits. Treatment with 1%, 2% or 4% H₂ inhalation was given from 10 min before reperfusion to 60 min after reperfusion (total 70 min). Here, we found that I/R-challenged animals showed significant spinal cord damage characterized by the decreased numbers of normal motor neurons and hind-limb motor dysfunction, which was significantly improved by 2% and 4 % H₂ treatment. Furthermore, we found that the beneficial effects of H₂ treatment against spinal cord I/R injury were associated with the decreased levels of oxidative products [8-iso-prostaglandin F2α (8-iso-PGF2α) and malondialdehyde (MDA)] and pro-inflammatory cytokines [tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1)], as well as increased activities of antioxidant enzymes [superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT)] in serum and spinal cord. In addition, H₂ treatment reduced motor neuron apoptosis in the spinal cord of this model. Thus, H₂ inhalation may be an effective therapeutic strategy for spinal cord I/R damage.
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- Yi Huang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, PR China
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Trincavelli ML, Cuboni S, Catena Dell'osso M, Maggio R, Klotz KN, Novi F, Panighini A, Daniele S, Martini C. Receptor crosstalk: haloperidol treatment enhances A(2A) adenosine receptor functioning in a transfected cell model. Purinergic Signal 2010; 6:373-81. [PMID: 21437008 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-010-9201-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2010] [Accepted: 09/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED A(2A) adenosine receptors are considered an excellent target for drug development in several neurological and psychiatric disorders. It is noteworthy that the responses evoked by A(2A) adenosine receptors are regulated by D(2) dopamine receptor ligands. These two receptors are co-expressed at the level of the basal ganglia and interact to form functional heterodimers. In this context, possible changes in A(2A) adenosine receptor functional responses caused by the chronic blockade/activation of D(2) dopamine receptors should be considered to optimise the therapeutic effectiveness of dopaminergic agents and to reduce any possible side effects. In the present paper, we investigated the regulation of A(2A) adenosine receptors induced by antipsychotic drugs, commonly acting as D(2) dopamine receptor antagonists, in a cellular model co-expressing both A(2A) and D(2) receptors. Our data suggest that the treatment of cells with the classical antipsychotic haloperidol increased both the affinity and responsiveness of the A(2A) receptor and also affected the degree of A(2A)-D(2) receptor heterodimerisation. In contrast, an atypical antipsychotic, clozapine, had no effect on A(2A) adenosine receptor parameters, suggesting that the two classes of drugs have different effects on adenosine-dopamine receptor interaction. Modifications to A(2A) adenosine receptors may play a significant role in determining cerebral adenosine effects during the chronic administration of antipsychotics in psychiatric diseases and may account for the efficacy of A(2A) adenosine receptor ligands in pathologies associated with dopaminergic system dysfunction. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11302-010-9201-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Adenosine A2A receptor-selective stimulation reduces signaling pathways involved in the development of intestine ischemia and reperfusion injury. Shock 2010; 33:541-51. [PMID: 19924030 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0b013e3181c997dd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In the present study, we tested the efficacy of treatment with the selective adenosine A2A receptor agonist 2-[p-(2-carboxyethyl)phenylethylamino]-50-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (CGS 21680) on ischemia and reperfusion injury of the multivisceral organs. Ischemia and reperfusion injury was induced in mice by clamping both the superior mesenteric artery and the celiac artery for 30 min, followed thereafter by reperfusion. Sixty minutes after reperfusion, animals were killed for histological examination and biochemical studies. Injured vehicle-treated mice developed a significant increase of ileum TNF-alpha levels, myeloperoxidase activity, and marked histological injury and apoptosis. Ischemia and reperfusion injury of the multivisceral organs was also associated with significant mortality. Reperfused ileum sections from injured vehicle-treated mice showed positive staining for P-selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule 1. The intensity and degree of P-selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 were markedly reduced in tissue sections from injured CGS 21680-treated mice. Ischemia and reperfusion-injured mice that have been treated with CGS 21680 showed also a significant reduction of neutrophil infiltration into the intestine, a reduction of apoptosis, and improved histological status of the intestine and survival. Taken together, our results clearly demonstrate that selective activation of adenosine A2A receptors plays an important role in the regulation of ischemia and reperfusion injury and results put forward the hypothesis that selective activation of adenosine A2A receptors may represent a novel and possible strategy.
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Williams-Karnesky RL, Stenzel-Poore MP. Adenosine and stroke: maximizing the therapeutic potential of adenosine as a prophylactic and acute neuroprotectant. Curr Neuropharmacol 2010; 7:217-27. [PMID: 20190963 PMCID: PMC2769005 DOI: 10.2174/157015909789152209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2009] [Revised: 05/15/2009] [Accepted: 05/18/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Stroke is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Despite intensive research into the development of treatments that lessen the severity of cerebrovascular injury, no major therapies exist. Though the potential use of adenosine as a neuroprotective agent in the context of stroke has long been realized, there are currently no adenosine-based therapies for the treatment of cerebral ischemia and reperfusion. One of the major obstacles to developing adenosine-based therapies for the treatment of stroke is the prevalence of functional adenosine receptors outside the central nervous system. The activities of peripheral immune and vascular endothelial cells are particularly vulnerable to modulation via adenosine receptors. Many of the pathophysiological processes in stroke are a direct result of peripheral immune infiltration into the brain. Ischemic preconditioning, which can be induced by a number of stimuli, has emerged as a promising area of focus in the development of stroke therapeutics. Reprogramming of the brain and immune responses to adenosine signaling may be an underlying principle of tolerance to cerebral ischemia. Insight into the role of adenosine in various preconditioning paradigms may lead to new uses for adenosine as both an acute and prophylactic neuroprotectant.
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- Rebecca L Williams-Karnesky
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Sroussi HY, Lu Y, Zhang QL, Villines D, Marucha PT. S100A8 and S100A9 inhibit neutrophil oxidative metabolism in-vitro: involvement of adenosine metabolites. Free Radic Res 2010; 44:389-96. [PMID: 20166886 DOI: 10.3109/10715760903431434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Neutrophils are short-lived granulocytic cells of the innate immune system specialized in the production of reactive oxygen species. S100A8 and S100A9 and their heterocomplex calprotectin play a role in neutrophil recruitment and represent 40% of neutrophil cytosolic protein weight. The present study was designed to test the effect of S100A8 and S100A9 on the rate of neutrophil oxidative metabolism. It is hypothesized that the two S100 proteins inhibit neutrophil associated oxidation. Granulocytes freshly isolated from healthy volunteers were tested for their ability to oxidize dichlorofluorescindiacetate (DCFH-DA) in-vitro. The data showed that S100A8 and S100A9 inhibited spontaneous and stimulated oxidation of the DCFH-DA probe by neutrophils. The inhibition of neutrophil oxidative metabolism by S100A8 and S100A9 was markedly reduced by the enzymatic activity of adenosine deaminase. Inhibitors of the P1 adenosine receptors also reduced the anti-oxidative effect of S100A8/A9 providing further support for the involvement of adenosine metabolites in S100A8/ A9 anti-oxidative effect.
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- Herve Y Sroussi
- Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612-7213, USA.
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THE SELECTIVE ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR AGONIST CGS 21680 REDUCES JNK MAPK ACTIVATION IN OLIGODENDROCYTES IN INJURED SPINAL CORD. Shock 2009; 32:578-85. [DOI: 10.1097/shk.0b013e3181a20792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Sırlak M, Eryılmaz S, Bahadır Inan M, Sırın YS, Besaltı O, Yazıcıoglu L, Ozcınar E, Erdemlı E, Tasoz R, Elhan AH, Kaya B, Ozyurda U. Effects of carbamazepine on spinal cord ischemia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008; 136:1038-1043.e4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.12.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2007] [Revised: 11/28/2007] [Accepted: 12/18/2007] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Chen JF, Sonsalla PK, Pedata F, Melani A, Domenici MR, Popoli P, Geiger J, Lopes LV, de Mendonça A. Adenosine A2A receptors and brain injury: Broad spectrum of neuroprotection, multifaceted actions and “fine tuning” modulation. Prog Neurobiol 2007; 83:310-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2007.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2007] [Revised: 08/10/2007] [Accepted: 09/21/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ohta A, Sitkovsky M. Caveats and cautions for the therapeutic targeting of the anti-inflammatory A2 adenosine receptors. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2006. [DOI: 10.1038/nrd1983-c1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Haan P. Invited commentary. Ann Thorac Surg 2006; 81:909. [PMID: 16488693 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2005] [Revised: 10/12/2005] [Accepted: 10/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Peter Haan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, PO Box 95500, Amsterdam, 1090 HM, The Netherlands.
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