Identification of genes supporting cold resistance of mammalian cells: lessons from a hibernator

M Sone, N Mitsuhashi, Y Sugiura, Y Matsuoka… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
Susceptibility of human cells to cold stress restricts the use of therapeutic hypothermia and
long-term preservation of organs at low temperatures. In contrast, cells of mammalian …

Naked mole‐rat brain mitochondria tolerate in vitro ischaemia

H Cheng, ME Pamenter - The Journal of Physiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Naked mole‐rats (NMRs; Heterocephalus glaber) are among the most hypoxia‐
tolerant mammals. There is evidence that the NMR brain tolerates in vitro hypoxia and NMR …

[HTML][HTML] Resilience to injury: a new approach to neuroprotection?

NS Singhal, CH Sun, EM Lee, DK Ma - Neurotherapeutics, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite thousands of neuroprotectants demonstrating promise in preclinical trials, a
neuroprotective therapeutic has yet to be approved for the treatment of acute brain injuries …

Nitric oxide promotes cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury through upregulating hypoxia-inducible factor1-α-associated inflammation and apoptosis in rats

N Yang, X Yang, Y Fang, Y Huang, W Shi, W Li… - Neuroscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) was one of the key factors to sustain hypoxia-inducible factor-1-α (HIF-1α)
activation during hypoxia. However, the mechanism by which NO production promotes …

Preclinical evidence of paeoniflorin effectiveness for the management of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Wang, W Zhao, K Yan, P Huang, H Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: Vessel recanalization is the main treatment for ischemic stroke; however, not
all patients benefit from it. This lack of treatment benefit is related to the accompanying …

Cytoprotection by a naturally occurring variant of ATP5G1 in Arctic ground squirrel neural progenitor cells

NS Singhal, M Bai, EM Lee, S Luo, KR Cook, DK Ma - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Many organisms in nature have evolved mechanisms to tolerate severe hypoxia or
ischemia, including the hibernation-capable Arctic ground squirrel (AGS). Although hypoxic …

Role of HMGB1/TLR4 axis in ischemia/reperfusion-impaired extracellular glutamate clearance in primary astrocytes

CH Lin, HY Chen, KC Wei - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Abnormal accumulation of extracellular glutamate can occur as dysfunction
of astrocytic glutamate transporters, which has been linked to ischemic brain injury …

Nitric oxide homeostasis is maintained during acute in vitro hypoxia and following reoxygenation in naked mole-rat but not mouse cortical neurons

TH Wang, L Eaton, ME Pamenter - … and Physiology Part A: Molecular & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Reactive nitrogen species (RNS), including nitric oxide (NO), are important cellular
messengers when tightly regulated, but unregulated production of RNS during hypoxia or …

Persea americana seed extract restores defective sperm quality and biochemical parameters relevant to reproduction in male wistar rats treated with cyclosporine A

AA Adebayo, LJ Babatola… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Studies have shown that some drugs impair spermatogenesis, thereby causing infertility.
Thus, this study aims at investigating the effect of Persea americana seed extract on the …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of innate preconditioning towards ischemia/anoxia tolerance: Lessons from mammalian hibernators

S Bhowmick, KL Drew - Conditioning medicine, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hibernating mammals exhibit an innate physiological ability to withstand dramatic
fluctuations in blood flow that occurs during hibernation and arousal or experimental models …