Ischemic stroke and mitochondria: mechanisms and targets

SS Andrabi, S Parvez, H Tabassum - Protoplasma, 2020 - Springer
Stroke is one of the main causes of mortality and disability in most countries of the world.
The only way of managing patients with ischemic stroke is the use of intravenous tissue …

Tibolone as hormonal therapy and neuroprotective agent

JP Del Río, S Molina, O Hidalgo-Lanussa… - Trends in Endocrinology …, 2020 - cell.com
Tibolone (TIB), a selective tissue estrogenic activity regulator (STEAR) in clinical use by
postmenopausal women, activates hormonal receptors in a tissue-specific manner …

[HTML][HTML] Icariside II alleviates oxygen-glucose deprivation and reoxygenation-induced PC12 cell oxidative injury by activating Nrf2/SIRT3 signaling pathway

L Feng, J Gao, Y Liu, J Shi, Q Gong - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2018 - Elsevier
Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is a key contributing factor to the pathogenic
mechanisms involved in ischemic stroke. The present study was designed to explore the …

Calcitriol Pretreatment Attenuates Glutamate Neurotoxicity by Regulating NMDAR and CYP46A1 Gene Expression in Rats Subjected to Transient Middle Cerebral …

N Khassafi, Z Zahraei, Z Vahidinia… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Although the neuroprotective effects of calcitriol have been demonstrated in a variety of
neurological diseases, such as stroke, the precise molecular mechanism has yet to be …

Progesterone, via yes‐associated protein, promotes cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac repair

C Lan, N Cao, C Chen, S Qu, C Fan, H Luo… - Cell …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The mechanisms responsible for the postnatal loss of mammalian cardiac
regenerative capacity are not fully elucidated. The aim of the present study is to investigate …

Progesterone protects prefrontal cortex in rat model of permanent bilateral common carotid occlusion via progesterone receptors and Akt/Erk/eNOS

M Stanojlović, I Guševac Stojanović, M Zarić… - Cellular and molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Sustained activation of pro-apoptotic signaling due to a sudden and prolonged disturbance
of cerebral blood circulation governs the neurodegenerative processes in prefrontal cortex …

Anti-inflammatory effect of nestorone in a lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury model through regulation of the TLR-4/Myd88/NF-κB signaling pathway

A Ma, J Zhou, H Zou, L Yuan, R Zhong, Y Zhu… - …, 2024 - Springer
Progesterone plays a crucial and indispensable role in regulating immunity and attenuating
inflammation. Nestorone®(NES, segesterone acetate) is a steroidal progestin and a 19 …

Ovarian hormones

E Hobeika, M Armouti, HS Kala, C Stocco - Hormonal Signaling in Biology …, 2020 - Elsevier
The ovaries are an important component of the female reproductive system, whose main
purpose is to produce mature oocytes. They also function as endocrine glands, secreting …

Aldo-keto reductase family 1 member C1 regulates the osteogenic differentiation of human ASCs by targeting the progesterone receptor

X Liu, X Lian, X Liu, Y Du, Y Zhu, M Hu, P Zhang… - Stem Cell Research & …, 2021 - Springer
Background As a promising way to repair bone defect, bone tissue engineering has
attracted a lot of attentions from researchers in recent years. Searching for new molecular …

Sex Differences and Disparity in Stroke: Biological Factors and Management

TJ Kim, BJ Kim - Sex/Gender-Specific Medicine in Clinical Areas, 2024 - Springer
Stroke is a prominent and consequential factor contributing to mortality and disability. Both
biological sex and sociocultural gender exert an influence on stroke risk factors …