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Title
Neuroglobin expression in the brain : a story of tissue homeostasis preservation
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Abstract
After its discovery in 2000, the notion grew that neuroglobin, a neuronal specific heme protein, is involved in cytoprotection. To date, neuroglobin levels have been positively correlated with a beneficial outcome in a plethora of neurotoxic insults, e.g., ischemic and traumatic brain injuries and Alzheimer's disease. The first part of this review goes further into these changes of neuroglobin expression upon different neuronal insults as well as the underlying regulation. In the second part, we shed light on the mechanisms by which neuroglobin contributes to neuroprotection, being (i) the scavenging and detoxification of reactive oxygen/nitrogen species, (ii) the augmentation of the threshold for apoptosis initiation, (iii) its contribution to an anti-inflammatory milieu, and (iv) tissue regeneration. We also consider different neuroglobin models to address as yet unanswered questions. Based on the recent findings and progress in the field, we invigorate the avenues of neuroglobin in neurological ailments to increase in the coming years.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Molecular neurobiology. - Clifton, N.J., 1987, currens
Publication
Clifton, N.J. : Humana Press , 2019
ISSN
0893-7648 [print]
1559-1182 [online]
DOI
10.1007/S12035-018-1212-8
Volume/pages
56 :3 (2019) , p. 2101-2122
ISI
000460163700042
Pubmed ID
29992530
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