Epigallocatechin-3-gallate suppresses 1-methyl-4-phenyl-pyridine-induced oxidative stress in PC12 cells via the SIRT1/PGC-1α signaling pathway

• Main Authors: Ye Qinyong (Author), Ye Linfeng (Author), Xu Xianjie (Author), Huang Bixia (Author), Zhang Xiaodong (Author), Zhu Yuangui (Author), Chen Xiaochun (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Parkinson's disease is a high incidence neurodegenerative disease in elderly people, and oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis. Oxygen metabolism in the brain is high, which lacks an antioxidative protecti...