Molecular mechanism of protective effects of estrogen on cerebral ischemia / 中国临床药理学与治疗学

ABSTRACT

Estrogen has the protective effect on cerebral ischemia in v ar ious ways. It not only can improve the regional cerebral blood flow during ische mia and rescue the remaining neurons alive, but also can reduce the injury of is chemia-reperfusion. In this article, we enumerate at the molecular level that e strogen has the properties of inhibiting the expression of VCAM and cytokines li ke TNF-? in the ischemia region, educing the overload of calcium and cytotoxic ity of EAA by modulating the calcium channels, and regulating related genes expr ession and anti-apoptosis. It is crucial for estrogen replacement therapy as a neutoprotectant clinically.