Abstract
Sepsis is the complex syndrome characterized by an imbalance between proinflammatory and antiinflammatory response to infection. The brain may be affected during the sepsis, and acute and long-term brain dysfunctions have been observed in both animal models and septic patients. Oxidative stress and antioxidant systems may prove the basis underling brain dysfunction in sepsis. The antioxidant therapy may be theoretically achieved by the following strategies: restoring endogenous antioxidants and nutrients and supplementation with exogenous trace elements, vitamins, and nutrients with antioxidant proprieties; or administering drugs that reduce oxidative stress, such as NAcetylcysteine (NAC), vitamins and statins. In the review, we described below the involvement of oxidative stress and antioxidants defenses and potential utility of these strategies and present data regarding their use in sepsis.
Keywords: Antioxidants, Mitochondrial dysfunction, NAC, Oxidative stress, Statins, Vitamins.
Current Neurovascular Research
Title:Sepsis in the Central Nervous System and Antioxidant Strategies with Nacetylcysteine, Vitamins and Statins
Volume: 11 Issue: 1
Author(s): Amanda Valnier Steckert, Adalberto Alves de Castro, Joao Quevedo and Felipe Dal-Pizzol
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Keywords: Antioxidants, Mitochondrial dysfunction, NAC, Oxidative stress, Statins, Vitamins.
Abstract: Sepsis is the complex syndrome characterized by an imbalance between proinflammatory and antiinflammatory response to infection. The brain may be affected during the sepsis, and acute and long-term brain dysfunctions have been observed in both animal models and septic patients. Oxidative stress and antioxidant systems may prove the basis underling brain dysfunction in sepsis. The antioxidant therapy may be theoretically achieved by the following strategies: restoring endogenous antioxidants and nutrients and supplementation with exogenous trace elements, vitamins, and nutrients with antioxidant proprieties; or administering drugs that reduce oxidative stress, such as NAcetylcysteine (NAC), vitamins and statins. In the review, we described below the involvement of oxidative stress and antioxidants defenses and potential utility of these strategies and present data regarding their use in sepsis.
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Steckert Valnier Amanda, Castro Alves de Adalberto, Quevedo Joao and Dal-Pizzol Felipe, Sepsis in the Central Nervous System and Antioxidant Strategies with Nacetylcysteine, Vitamins and Statins, Current Neurovascular Research 2014; 11 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567202610666131211111012
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567202610666131211111012 |
Print ISSN 1567-2026 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5739 |
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