کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5829751 | 1559002 | 2012 | 8 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Together with undernutrition and, on the opposite, overeating and obesity, sudden tissue hypoperfusion is the most important cause of mortality and disability worldwide. Tissue hypoperfusion/hypoxia rapidly triggers an unrestrained inflammatory cascade that is the main responsible for the severity of the eventual outcome. The brain plays a key role in inflammation, either through activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal humoral response or through activation of the vagal “cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway”. Both humoral and nervous brain responses to inflammation are under the regulatory control of melanocortins, which have moreover a direct anti-inflammatory effect on inflammatory cells. Abundant experimental and clinical evidence indicates that MC3/MC4 melanocortin receptor agonists and cholinergic receptor agonists (mainly at the α7-nicotinic subtype) should by now be considered as completely innovative, effective drugs for the treatment of hypoxic conditions; melanocortin agonists being practically devoid of harmful side effects.
Journal: European Journal of Pharmacology - Volume 679, Issues 1â3, 15 March 2012, Pages 1-8