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KEAP1 inhibition is neuroprotective and suppresses the development of epilepsy.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 May 2018
Shekh-Ahmad Tawfeeq, Eckel Ramona, Dayalan Naidu Sharadha, Higgins Maureen, Yamamoto Masayuki, Dinkova-Kostova Albena T, Kovac Stjepana, Abramov Andrey Y, Walker Matthew C
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Hippocampal sclerosis is a common acquired disease that is a major cause of drug-resistant epilepsy. A mechanism that has been proposed to lead from brain insult to hippocampal sclerosis is the excessive generation of reactive oxygen species, and consequent mitochondrial failure. Here we use a novel strategy to increase endogenous antioxidant defences using RTA 408, which we show activates nuclear factor...
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