This study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of simvastatin on the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) related signaling pathway and secondary brain injury in rats after traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Cerebral inflammation involves molecular cascades contributing to progressive damage after traumatic brain injury (TBI).
PARP contributes to neuronal cell death in vivo after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion , however , the role of PARP in the pathogenesis of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is unknown.
PURPOSE : Poly (adenosine diphosphate (ADP) - ribose) polymerase inhibitors have been used successfully to decrease ischemia-reperfusion injury in several organ systems.
Poly (adenosine 5 ' - diphosphate ribose) (poly (ADP-ribose)) is spontaneously ADP-ribosylated when it is incubated with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide , especially in 0.5 M NaCl and at an alkaline pH..