Rise and fall of minocycline in neuroprotection: need to promote publication of negative results

E Diguet, CE Gross, F Tison, E Bezard - Experimental neurology, 2004 - Elsevier
Initial studies conducted on the neuroprotective effects of minocycline, a second-generation
tetracycline, in experimental models of neurodegeneration gave promising results. However …

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 …

Minocycline for short‐term neuroprotection

HF Elewa, H Hilali, DC Hess… - … : The Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Minocycline is a widely used tetracycline antibiotic. For decades, it has been used to treat
various gram‐positive and gram‐negative infections. Minocycline was recently shown to …

Minocycline targets multiple secondary injury mechanisms in traumatic spinal cord injury

RB Shultz, Y Zhong - Neural regeneration research, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Minocycline hydrochloride (MH), a semi-synthetic tetracycline derivative, is a clinically
available antibiotic and anti-inflammatory drug that also exhibits potent neuroprotective …

Minocycline treatment reduces delayed oligodendrocyte death, attenuates axonal dieback, and improves functional outcome after spinal cord injury

DP Stirling, K Khodarahmi, J Liu… - Journal of …, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
Minocycline has been demonstrated to be neuroprotective after spinal cord injury (SCI).
However, the cellular consequences of minocycline treatment on the secondary injury …

[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 …

Therapeutic effects of minocycline pretreatment in the locomotor and sensory complications of spinal cord injury in an animal model

K Afshary, M Chamanara, B Talari, P Rezaei… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is known as a debilitating condition which usually occurs due to
traumas to the spine. However, the injury could also occur during clinical interventions such …

The potential of minocycline for neuroprotection in human neurologic disease

D Zemke, A Majid - Clinical neuropharmacology, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Minocycline is a member of the tetracycline class of molecules with broad-spectrum
antibiotic activity. The unique properties of minocycline result in increased tissue distribution …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of minocycline on motor neuron recovery and neuropathic pain in a rat model of spinal cord injury

DC Cho, JH Cheong, MS Yang, SJ Hwang… - Journal of Korean …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective Minocycline, a second-generation tetracycline-class antibiotic, has been well
established to exert a neuroprotective effect in animal models and neurodegenerative …

Prospects for minocycline neuroprotection

JM Plane, Y Shen, DE Pleasure, W Deng - Archives of neurology, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
The lack of robust treatment options available for neurodegenerative diseases, stroke, and
central nervous system (CNS) trauma, all of which often involve both inflammation and …