TY - JOUR
T1 - Protective Effects of Curcumin Against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in the Nervous System
AU - Bavarsad, Kowsar
AU - Barreto, George E.
AU - Hadjzadeh, Mousa Al Reza
AU - Sahebkar, Amirhossein
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/2/1
Y1 - 2019/2/1
N2 - Ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R injury) is a common feature of ischemic stroke which occurs when blood supply is restored after a period of ischemia. Although stroke is an important cause of death in the world, effective therapeutic strategies aiming at improving neurological outcomes in this disease are lacking. Various studies have suggested the involvement of different mechanisms in the pathogenesis of I/R injury in the nervous system. These mechanisms include oxidative stress, platelet adhesion and aggregation, leukocyte infiltration, complement activation, blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption, and mitochondria-mediated mechanisms. Curcumin, an active ingredient of turmeric, can affect all these pathways and exert neuroprotective activity culminating in the amelioration of I/R injury in the nervous system. In this review, we discuss the protective effects of curcumin against I/R injury in the nervous system and highlight the studies that have linked biological functions of curcumin and I/R injury improvement.
AB - Ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R injury) is a common feature of ischemic stroke which occurs when blood supply is restored after a period of ischemia. Although stroke is an important cause of death in the world, effective therapeutic strategies aiming at improving neurological outcomes in this disease are lacking. Various studies have suggested the involvement of different mechanisms in the pathogenesis of I/R injury in the nervous system. These mechanisms include oxidative stress, platelet adhesion and aggregation, leukocyte infiltration, complement activation, blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption, and mitochondria-mediated mechanisms. Curcumin, an active ingredient of turmeric, can affect all these pathways and exert neuroprotective activity culminating in the amelioration of I/R injury in the nervous system. In this review, we discuss the protective effects of curcumin against I/R injury in the nervous system and highlight the studies that have linked biological functions of curcumin and I/R injury improvement.
KW - Central nervous system
KW - Curcumin
KW - Ischemia-reperfusion injury
KW - Neuroprotection
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048299564&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12035-018-1169-7
DO - 10.1007/s12035-018-1169-7
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29948942
AN - SCOPUS:85048299564
SN - 0893-7648
VL - 56
SP - 1391
EP - 1404
JO - Molecular Neurobiology
JF - Molecular Neurobiology
IS - 2
ER -
