2021
Sex-based disparity in paraoxonase-2 expression in the brains of African green monkeys
Jamwal S, Blackburn JK, Elsworth JD. Sex-based disparity in paraoxonase-2 expression in the brains of African green monkeys. Free Radical Biology And Medicine 2021, 167: 201-204. PMID: 33722626, PMCID: PMC8096713, DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.03.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAryldialkylphosphataseBrainChlorocebus aethiopsFemaleMaleMitochondriaOxidative StressReactive Oxygen SpeciesConceptsAfrican green monkeysParaoxonase 2Parkinson's diseaseBrain regionsGreen monkeysOxidative stressReactive oxygen speciesAnti-inflammatory propertiesSex-based disparitiesParaoxonase-2 expressionDifferent brain regionsNigrostriatal systemPON2 expressionDevelopment of therapeuticsNeurodegenerative disordersDiseaseProtein levelsROS levelsLower ROS levelsMitochondrial performanceSex-based variationDisordersMonkeysOxygen speciesMales
2020
Pioglitazone activates paraoxonase-2 in the brain: A novel neuroprotective mechanism
Blackburn JK, Curry DW, Thomsen AN, Roth RH, Elsworth JD. Pioglitazone activates paraoxonase-2 in the brain: A novel neuroprotective mechanism. Experimental Neurology 2020, 327: 113234. PMID: 32044330, PMCID: PMC7089823, DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAryldialkylphosphataseBrainMaleMiceNeuroprotective AgentsOxidative StressPioglitazoneReactive Oxygen SpeciesUp-RegulationConceptsParaoxonase 2Novel neuroprotective mechanismParaoxonase-2 expressionAnti-diabetic drug pioglitazoneReactive oxygen species productionNeuroprotective strategiesNeuroprotective mechanismsBrain traumaMouse striatumOxygen species productionParkinson's diseaseAlzheimer's diseaseTherapeutic potentialPioglitazoneDiseaseOxidative stressDrug pioglitazoneSpecies productionBrainNeuroprotectionIschemiaStriatumExpressionPathologyTrauma