Effects of Tert-Butylhydroquinone on Intestinal Inflammatory Response and Apoptosis following Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice

• Main Authors: Wei Jin (Author), Hongbin Ni (Author), Yuxiang Dai (Author), Handong Wang (Author), Tianyu Lu (Author), Jun Wu (Author), Jian Jiang (Author), Weibang Liang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can induce intestinal inflammatory response and mucosal injury. Antioxidant transcription factor nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) has been shown in our previous studies to prevent oxidative stress and inflammatory response in gut after TBI. The objectiv...