Tanshinone IIA attenuates the inflammatory response and apoptosis after traumatic injury of the spinal cord in adult rats.

BACKGROUND: Spinal cord injury (SCI), including immediate mechanical injury and secondary injury, is associated with the inflammatory response, apoptosis and oxidative stress in response to traumatic injury. Tanshinone IIA (TIIA) is one of the major extracts obtained from Salvia miltiorrhiza BUNGE,...

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Main Authors: Xin Yin, Yue Yin, Fa-Le Cao, Yu-Fei Chen, Ye Peng, Wu-Gang Hou, Shu-Kai Sun, Zhuo-Jing Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3365897?pdf=render