Minocycline, a tetracycline derivative, is neuroprotective against excitotoxicity by inhibiting activation and proliferation of microglia

T Tikka, BL Fiebich, G Goldsteins… - Journal of …, 2001 - Soc Neuroscience
Minocycline, a semisynthetic tetracycline derivative, protects brain against global and focal
ischemia in rodents. We examined whether minocycline reduces excitotoxicity in primary …

Minocycline blocks nitric oxide-induced neurotoxicity by inhibition p38 MAP kinase in rat cerebellar granule neurons

S Lin, Y Zhang, R Dodel, MR Farlow, SM Paul, Y Du - Neuroscience letters, 2001 - Elsevier
Minocycline, a semisynthetic second-generation tetracycline, was reported to have
neuroprotective effects in models of global and focal cerebral ischemia, the R6/2 mouse …

Minocycline inhibits oxidative stress and decreases in vitro and in vivo ischemic neuronal damage

N Morimoto, M Shimazawa, T Yamashima, H Nagai… - Brain research, 2005 - Elsevier
The neuroprotective effects of minocycline–which is broadly protective in neurologic-disease
models featuring cell death and is being evaluated in clinical trials–were investigated both in …

[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 …

Minocycline as a neuroprotective agent

DP Stirling, KM Koochesfahani, JD Steeves… - The …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Several studies have shown that minocycline, a semisynthetic, second-generation
tetracycline derivative, is neuroprotective in animal models of central nervous system trauma …

Minocycline decreases in vitro microglial motility, β1‐integrin, and Kv1.3 channel expression

N Nutile‐McMenemy, A Elfenbein… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Minocycline is a semisynthetic, tetracycline derivative that exerts anti‐inflammatory and
neuroprotective effects unrelated to its anti‐microbial action. We have previously shown that …

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 …

Minocycline suppresses hypoxic activation of rodent microglia in culture

K Suk - Neuroscience letters, 2004 - Elsevier
Hypoxia is one of the important physiological stimuli that are often associated with a variety
of pathological states such as ischemia, respiratory diseases, and tumorigenesis. In the …

Minocycline attenuates microglial activation but fails to mitigate striatal dopaminergic neurotoxicity: role of tumor necrosis factor‐α

K Sriram, DB Miller… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Activated microglia are implicated in the pathogenesis of disease‐, trauma‐and toxicant‐
induced damage to the CNS, and strategies to modulate microglial activation are gaining …

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 …