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Borneol Attenuates Ultrasound-Targeted Microbubble Destruction-Induced Blood–Brain Barrier Opening in Focal Cerebral Ischemia

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Neurology, December 2017
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Title
Borneol Attenuates Ultrasound-Targeted Microbubble Destruction-Induced Blood–Brain Barrier Opening in Focal Cerebral Ischemia
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Frontiers in Neurology, December 2017
DOI 10.3389/fneur.2017.00704
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Xiao-guang Zhang, Ye Song, Chang Shan, Xi-fan Wu, Yan-hua Tong, Xin-chun Jin, Wen-lan Liu, Guo-qing Zheng, Jie Liu

Abstract

Ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) and the herb medicine borneol can both facilitate the delivery of therapeutic agents to diseased brain regions and serve as promising adjuvant neuroprotective therapies. Our preliminary experiments showed that UTMD could exacerbate ischemic blood-brain barrier (BBB) opening, while borneol can protect the BBB. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the combination of UTMD and borneol could attenuate UTMD-induced injury to the BBB under ischemic stroke conditions. Male albino mice were subjected to 60-min middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) with reperfusion. Borneol and UTMD was given to mice 3 days before and 24 h after MCAO induction. BBB permeability, brain water contents, ultrastructural changes of the BBB and histopathological alterations were evaluated. Our data demonstrated that UTMD aggravated the leakage of Evans blue dye, ultrastructural alterations of cerebral microvasculature, brain edema, and even induced cerebral hemorrhage in ischemic stroke mice. Pretreatment with borneol significantly attenuated the above detrimental effects of UTMD on the BBB. This study indicates that under ischemic stroke conditions, the BBB becomes vulnerable to UTMD intervention, and the combination of borneol can help to maintain the integrity of the BBB.

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Unknown 20 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 30%
Student > Bachelor 4 20%
Other 1 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 5%
Student > Master 1 5%
Other 2 10%
Unknown 5 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 4 20%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 10%
Engineering 2 10%
Physics and Astronomy 1 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 5%
Other 2 10%
Unknown 8 40%
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#14,369,287
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#5,807
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#239,203
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#93
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