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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2021

TNF-α Receptor Inhibitor Alleviates Metabolic and Inflammatory Changes in a Rat Model of Ischemic Stroke.

Shih-Yi Lin, Ya-Yu Wang, Cheng-Yi Chang, Chih-Cheng Wu, Wen-Ying Chen, Su-Lan Liao, Chun-Jung Chen

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Shih-Yi LinCenter for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City 407, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-1901-2656
Ya-Yu WangInstitute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei City 112, Taiwan.
Cheng-Yi ChangDepartment of Surgery, Feng Yuan Hospital, Taichung City 420, Taiwan.
Chih-Cheng WuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City 407, Taiwan.
Wen-Ying ChenDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung City 402, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-5105-5285
Su-Lan LiaoDepartment of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City 407, Taiwan.
Chun-Jung ChenDepartment of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung City 407, Taiwan.
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWChina Medical University · TWNational Chung Hsing University · TWProvidence University · TWTaichung Hospital · TWTaichung Veterans General Hospital · TW

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 105-2314-B-075A-004-MY3Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 105-2314-B-075A-006-MY3Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan TCVGH-1108201C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyperglycemia and inflammation, with their augmented interplay, are involved in cases of stroke with poor outcomes. Interrupting this vicious cycle thus has the potential to prevent stroke disease progression. Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is an emerging molecule, which has inflammatory and metabolic roles. Studies have shown that TNF-α receptor inhibitor R-7050 possesses neuroprotective, antihyperglycemic, and anti-inflammatory effects. Using a rat model of permanent cerebral ischemia, pretreatment with R-7050 offered protection against poststroke neurological deficits, brain infarction, edema, oxidative stress, and caspase 3 activation. In the injured cortical tissues, R-7050 reversed the activation of TNF receptor-I (TNFRI), NF-κB, and interleukin-6 (IL-6), as well as the reduction of zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1). In the in vitro study on bEnd.3 endothelial cells, R-7050 reduced the decline of ZO-1 levels after TNF-α-exposure. R-7050 also reduced the metabolic alterations occurring after ischemic stroke, such as hyperglycemia and increased plasma corticosterone, free fatty acids, C reactive protein, and fibroblast growth factor-15 concentrations. In the gastrocnemius muscles of rats with stroke, R-7050 improved activated TNFRI/NF-κB, oxidative stress, and IL-6 pathways, as well as impaired insulin signaling. Overall, our findings highlight a feasible way to combat stroke disease based on an anti-TNF therapy that involves anti-inflammatory and metabolic mechanisms.

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hyperglycemiainsulin resistanceneuroinflammationstrokeTNF-α

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PMID34073455
PMCPMC8228519
OpenAlexW3164627010

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