In newborns with perinatal ischemic CNS damage, cerebrolysin increased Fas, reported as part of normalized T-lymphocyte apoptosis (p<0.001).
In plain wordsIn newborns with ischemic brain damage, cerebrolysin increased Fas, which the authors described as normalizing immune cell death.
- Peptide
- Cerebrolysin
- Outcome
- IncreaseFas
- Study
n = 20
- Outcome group
- Immune response · Immune and inflammation
- Studied dose
- 0,1 ml per 1 kg of body mass · 10 injections every other dayAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
The treatment with cerebrolysin in dosage of 0,1 ml per 1 kg of body mass, 10 injections every other day, resulted in the normalization (p<0,001) of the T-lymphocyte apoptosis (the increase of Fas and decrease of FasL) and activation of antioxidant protection through the increase of metallotionein-1 expression.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
We investigated the effects of the neuroprotective drug cerebrolysin on the autoimmune parameters (FasL, Fas and metallotionein-1) in 20 newborns with perinatal ischemic CNS damage and 20 healthy newborns.