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Sildenafil, a cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, induces microglial modulation after focal ischemia in the neonatal mouse brain

Published inJournal of Neuroinflammation, vol. 13, no. 1, 95
Publication date2016
Abstract

Perinatal ischemic stroke is the most frequent form of cerebral infarction in neonates; however, evidence-based treatments are currently lacking. We have previously demonstrated a beneficial effect of sildenafil citrate, a PDE-5 inhibitor, on stroke lesion size in neonatal rat pups. The present study investigated the effects of sildenafil in a neonatal mouse stroke model on (1) hemodynamic changes and (2) regulation of astrocyte/microglia-mediated neuroinflammation.

Keywords
  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Brain Ischemia/enzymology/pathology
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Microglia/drug effects/enzymology
  • Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors/pharmacology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sildenafil Citrate/pharmacology
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MORETTI, Raffaella et al. Sildenafil, a cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, induces microglial modulation after focal ischemia in the neonatal mouse brain. In: Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2016, vol. 13, n° 1, p. 95. doi: 10.1186/s12974-016-0560-4
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