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Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is a serious disease with severe neurological sequelae. The intense calcium-mediated microglial activation and subsequently pro-inflammatory cytokine release plays an important role in eliciting ABM-related oxidative damage. Considering resveratrol possesses
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In several systems, exogenous ascorbate (reduced vitamin C) has been shown to protect against microvascular injury induced by reactive oxygen species. Since skeletal muscle is relatively resistant to oxidative injury, it is possible that under physiological conditions endogenous ascorbate
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a lethal disease characterized by elevations in pulmonary arterial pressure, in part due to formation of occlusive lesions in the distal arterioles of the lung. These complex lesions may comprise multiple cell types, including endothelial cells (ECs). To