Dexamethasone transiently attenuates up-regulation of endostatin/collagen XVIII following traumatic brain injury
Dexamethasone transiently attenuates up-regulation of endostatin/collagen XVIII following traumatic brain injury
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DOI:
10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.04.052
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发表时间:
2007-07-13
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Schluesener, H. J.
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Zhang, Z.-Y.;Zhang, Z.;Schluesener, H. J.
Endostatin/collagen XVIII is a specific inhibitor of endothelial proliferation and migration in vitro. It has also been shown to have anti-angiogenic activity and tumor growth inhibitory activity in vivo and in vitro. Here we studied expression of endostatin/collagen XVIII in a rat traumatic brain injury (TBI) model, focusing on the early phase. A significant up-regulation of endostatin/collagen XVIII in TBI began as early as 24 h post-TBI. Double-staining experiment revealed that the major resource of endostatin/collagen XVIII+ cells in our TBI rat model was a subpopulation of reactivated microglia/macrophages. Our data further showed that dexamethasone attenuated up-regulation of endostatin/collagen XVIII expression at days 1 and 2, but not at day 4, post-TBI, indicating that dexamethasone might possess an early and transient influence to the angiogenesis following TBI. (c) 2007 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.