Minocycline in phenotypic models of Huntington's disease

K Bantubungi, C Jacquard, A Greco, A Pintor… - Neurobiology of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Minocycline has been shown to be neuroprotective in various models of neurodegenerative
diseases. However, its potential in Huntington's disease (HD) models characterized by …

Lack of minocycline efficiency in genetic models of Huntington's disease

S Mievis, M Levivier, D Communi, G Vassart… - Neuromolecular …, 2007 - Springer
According to the recent controversy regarding the effects of minocycline in the R6/2
transgenic model of Huntington's disease (HD), this tetracycline has been re-evaluated in …

Deleterious effects of minocycline in animal models of Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease

E Diguet, PO Fernagut, X Wei, Y Du… - European Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Minocycline has been shown to exert anti‐inflammatory effects underlying its putative
neuroprotective properties in the 1‐methyl‐4‐phenyl‐1, 2, 3, 6‐tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) …

Neuroprotection in Huntington's disease: a 2-year study on minocycline

RM Bonelli, AK Hödl, P Hofmann… - International clinical …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Huntington's disease (HD), a relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative disorder,
is characterized by a clinical triad of psychiatric, cognitive and motor disturbances. The …

Combined minocycline plus pyruvate treatment enhances effects of each agent to inhibit inflammation, oxidative damage, and neuronal loss in an excitotoxic animal …

JK Ryu, HB Choi, JG McLarnon - Neuroscience, 2006 - Elsevier
The combination effects of minocycline (MC), a second-generation tetracycline compound
and pyruvate (PY), a glycolysis end metabolite with antioxidant activity were investigated in …

Failure of neuronal protection by inhibition of glial activation in a rat model of striatonigral degeneration

N Stefanova, M Mitschnigg, I Ghorayeb… - Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies in rodent models of neurodegenerative disorders have demonstrated that
minocycline exerts neuroprotective effects unrelated to its antimicrobial action. The purpose …

Minocycline inhibits caspase-independent and-dependent mitochondrial cell death pathways in models of Huntington's disease

X Wang, S Zhu, M Drozda, W Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
Minocycline is broadly protective in neurologic disease models featuring cell death and is
being evaluated in clinical trials. We previously demonstrated that minocycline-mediated …

Apoptotic cascades as possible targets for inhibiting cell death in Huntington's disease

LR Pattison, MR Kotter, D Fraga, RM Bonelli - Journal of neurology, 2006 - Springer
Huntington's disease (HD) is a devastating autosomal dominant disorder characterized by
progressive motor and neuropsychological symptoms. Evidence implicating the apoptotic …

Minocycline and doxycycline are not beneficial in a model of Huntington's disease

DL Smith, B Woodman, A Mahal… - Annals of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Huntington's Disease (HD) is an inherited neurological disorder causing movement
impairment, personality changes, dementia, and premature death, for which there is …

Minocycline safety and tolerability in Huntington disease

Huntington Study Group - Neurology, 2004 - AAN Enterprises
Minocycline is an antibiotic with anti-inflammatory and antiapoptotic properties that prolongs
survival in a transgenic Huntington disease (HD) mouse model. In a double-blind …