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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2025

Duan Yanqin, Liu Shenglan, Zhang Yu, Deng Yu, Du Qing, Zeng Hongliang, Tan Dianbo, Liu Chunhai, Yin Yong, Liu Dongliang

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Duan YanqinDepartment of Pharmacy, The Fourth Hospital of Changsha, Affiliated Changsha Hospital of Hunan Normal University, China.
Liu ShenglanDepartment of Pharmacy, The Fourth Hospital of Changsha, Affiliated Changsha Hospital of Hunan Normal University, China.
Zhang YuDepartment of Pharmacy, The Fourth Hospital of Changsha, Affiliated Changsha Hospital of Hunan Normal University, China.
Deng YuHunan Academy of Chinese Medicine, China.
Du QingHunan Academy of Chinese Medicine, China.
Zeng HongliangHunan Academy of Chinese Medicine, China.
Tan DianboHunan Academy of Chinese Medicine, China.
Liu ChunhaiHunan Academy of Chinese Medicine, China.
Yin YongHunan Academy of Chinese Medicine, China.
Liu DongliangHunan Academy of Chinese Medicine, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8055-1157

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the protective effects of β-escin against neuroinflammatory injury and its influence on the interleukin-6/Janus kinase 2/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 signaling pathway in a rat model of ischemic stroke.MethodsRats underwent a 2-h middle cerebral artery occlusion and were categorized into sham, middle cerebral artery occlusion, and middle cerebral artery occlusion treated with β-escin (0.45, 0.90, and 1.80 mg/kg) groups. Cerebral damage was assessed using 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride and hematoxylin and eosin staining; neuronal apoptosis was evaluated via terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling assay; serum levels of inflammatory cytokines (interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, and interleukin-1β) were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and protein expression of the interleukin-6/Janus kinase 2/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 pathway was analyzed using western blot.Resultsβ-escin administration dose-dependently reduced Longa scores, cerebral infarction volume, and pathological damage while also attenuating neuronal apoptosis. It significantly suppressed the release of proinflammatory cytokines and downregulated the expression of interleuin-6 and interleukin-6 receptor as well as the ratios of phosphorylated Janus Kinase 2/Janus Kinase 2 and phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription 3/ signal transducer and activator of transcription 3. These protective effects were positively correlated with the dosage of β-escin.ConclusionThe findings suggested that β-escin exerted neuroprotective effects in ischemic stroke by modulating the interleukin-6/Janus kinase 2/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 pathway, thereby reducing neuroinflammation and apoptosis.

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ApoptosisInterleukin-6Ischemic StrokeJanus Kinase 2Neuroinflammatory DiseasesNeuroprotective AgentsSignal TransductionSTAT3 Transcription FactorAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMaleRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyIl6 protein, ratInterleukin-6Jak2 protein, ratJanus Kinase 2Neuroprotective AgentsStat3 protein, ratSTAT3 Transcription Factorapoptosiscerebral ischemic strokeinterleukin-6/Janus kinase 2/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 signaling pathwayneuroinflammationβ-escin

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PMCPMC12681660

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