Effect of etanercept and lithium chloride on preventing secondary tissue damage in rats with experimental diffuse severe brain injury


Ekici M. A., Uysal O., Cikriklar H. İ., Ozbek Z., Cosan D. T., Baydemir C., ...More

EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES, vol.18, no.1, pp.10-27, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 18 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.10-27
  • Keywords: Traumatic brain injury, Etanercept, Lithium chloride, TNF-alpha, NECROSIS-FACTOR-ALPHA, SPINAL-CORD-INJURY, FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN, FOCAL CEREBRAL-ISCHEMIA, TAU-PROTEIN, RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, NEURONAL DAMAGE, TNF-ALPHA, EXPRESSION, MODEL
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Studies in animals have provided key evidence that antagonizing TNF-alpha is a viable therapeutic strategy for diffuse severe brain injury. This study is planned to prevent post-traumatic secondary tissue damages in rat diffuse severe brain injury model, which is induced by alone or combined administration of Etanercept and lithium chloride (LiCl).