Potential adverse effects of dexamethasone therapy on COVID-19 patients: review and recommendations

F Chen, L Hao, S Zhu, X Yang, W Shi, K Zheng… - Infectious diseases and …, 2021 - Springer
In the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the global healthcare
community has raced to find effective therapeutic agents against severe acute respiratory …

Research progress on classical traditional Chinese medicine formula xiaoyaosan in the treatment of depression

J Chen, C Lei, X Li, Q Wu, C Liu, Q Ma… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Depression is an emotional disorder that is problematic in psychiatry owing to its unclear
etiology and unknown pathogenesis. Traditional Chinese medicine formulations such as …

A backpack-based myeloid cell therapy for multiple sclerosis

N Kapate, M Dunne, N Kumbhojkar… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an incurable autoimmune disease and is currently treated by
systemic immunosuppressants with off-target side effects. Although aberrant myeloid …

Microglia play beneficial roles in multiple experimental seizure models

S Gibbs‐Shelton, J Benderoth, RP Gaykema, J Straub… - Glia, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Seizure disorders are common, affecting both the young and the old. Currently available
antiseizure drugs are ineffective in a third of patients and have been developed with a focus …

Immunity and inflammation in status epilepticus and its sequelae: possibilities for therapeutic application

A Vezzani, R Dingledine… - Expert review of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Status epilepticus (SE) is a life-threatening neurological emergency often refractory to
available treatment options. It is a very heterogeneous condition in terms of clinical …

Neuroimmunology of status epilepticus

A Vezzani, R Di Sapia, V Kebede, S Balosso… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Status epilepticus (SE) is a very heterogeneous clinical condition often refractory to
available treatment options. Evidence in animal models shows that neuroinflammation …

Effects of dexamethasone on the Li-pilocarpine model of epilepsy: protection against hippocampal inflammation and astrogliosis

AFK Vizuete, F Hansen, E Negri, MC Leite… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common form of partial epilepsy and
is accompanied, in one third of cases, by resistance to antiepileptic drugs (AED). Most AED …

AAV5-miHTT-mediated huntingtin lowering improves brain health in a Huntington's disease mouse model

SB Thomson, A Stam, C Brouwers, V Fodale… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Huntingtin (HTT)-lowering therapies show great promise in treating Huntington's disease.
We have developed a microRNA targeting human HTT that is delivered in an adeno …

Neuroinflammation as a therapeutic target for mitigating the long-term consequences of acute organophosphate intoxication

PM Andrew, PJ Lein - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Acute intoxication with organophosphates (OPs) can cause a potentially fatal cholinergic
crisis characterized by peripheral parasympathomimetic symptoms and seizures that rapidly …

Blood–brain barrier leakage during early epileptogenesis is associated with rapid remodeling of the neurovascular unit

M Bankstahl, H Breuer, I Leiter, M Märkel, P Bascuñana… - Eneuro, 2018 - eneuro.org
Increased permeability of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) following cerebral injury results in
regional extravasation of plasma proteins and can critically contribute to the pathogenesis of …