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Table 1 Review of treatments and outcomes in studies using animal models for surgical brain injury

From: Surgically-induced brain injury: where are we now?

Reference

Model

Treatment

Outcomes

Matchett et al. 2006 [33]

Rat

Erythropoietin pre-treatment

Increased brain water content (BWC)

Lo et al. 2007 [46]

Mouse

NADPH oxidase knockout (KO) or apocynin pre-treatment

KO: increased neurological score (NS); apocynin: no effect

Jadhav et al. 2007 [35]

Rat

PP1 pre-treatment

Decreased BWC, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), p-ERK1/2; increased zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1)

Yamaguchi et al. 2007 [34]

Rat

MMP inhibitor-1 preconditioning

Decreased BWC

Lee et al. 2008 [47]

Rat

Simvastin pre-treatment

No effect

Lee et al. 2008 [48]

Rat

Melatonin pre-treatment

5 and 15 mg/kg decreased lipid peroxidation (LPO), BWC; increased NS. 150 mg/kg decreased NS; increased BWC & LPO

Bravo et al. 2008 [49]

Mouse

L-histadine and thioperamide post-treatment

Increased BWC

Hyong et al. 2008 [7]

Rat

Rosiglitazone pre-treatment

Decreased myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, Tumor Necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), Interleukin-1β (IL-1β)

Di et al. 2008 [50]

Rat

Aminoguanidine post-treatment

Decreased BWC, TNF-α, NF-κB; increased NS

Hao et al. 2009 [51]

Rat

Aminoguanidine post-treatment

Decreased malondialdehyde (MDA), aquaporin-4 (AQ-4); increased glutathione (GSH)

Jadhav et al. 2009 [52]

Mouse

Hyperbaric oxygen preconditioning

Decreased BWC, cyclooxgenaase-2 (COX-2), hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF1A); increased NS

Westra et al. 2011 [53]

CD1 Mice

Hyperbaric (2.5 ATM) and normobaric oxygen (100% FiO2) pre-treatment

Decreased NS; increased BWC

Khatibi et al. 2011 [54]

CD57 Mice

Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (GCSF) preconditioning and post-treatment

Preconditioning decreased cell death, BWC; post-treatment increased NS

Khatibi et al. 2011 [55]

CD57 Mice

Prostaglandin E2 EP1 receptor antagonist pre-treatment

No effect on BWC or cell death; increased NS

Jafarian et al. 2011 [56]

CD57 Mice

Myelin basic protein (MBP) pre-treatment

Preserved transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGFβ1); increased NS

Ayer et al. 2012 [8]

CD57 Mice

Myelin basic protein (MBP) pre-treatment

Decreased BWC, IL-1β; increased NS, TGFβ1

Eckermann et al. 2011 [57]

Rat

2.9 percent hydrogen concurrent with surgery

Decreased BWC; increased NS

Benggon et al. 2012 [58]

Rat

Dexmedetomidine pre-treatment

No effect

Manaenko et al. 2013 [59]

Rat

PAR-1 antagonist SCH79797 pre-treatment

Decreased BWC, cellular apoptosis

Zheng et al. 2014 [60]

Rabbit

Thymus tolerance pre-treatment

Decreased IL-1

Xu et al. 2014 [61]

Rat

Dexamethasone vs. progesterone pre-treatment

Progesterone decreased BWC and MMP-9 expression

Huang et al. 2014 [62]

Rat

Collagen-glycosaminoglycan matrix implantation

Increased VEGF, fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)

Huang et al. 2015 [63]

Rat

PI3Kγ inhibitors AS252424 and AS605240 pre-treatment

Decreased BWC; increased NS

Huang et al. 2016 [64]

Rat

Valproic acid pre-treatment

Decreased BWC; no MMP inhibition; no effect on NS

Komanapalli et al. 2016 [65]

Rat

Epsilon aminocaproic acid pre-treatment

Decreased BWC; increased NS

Pakkianathan et al. 2016 [66]

Rat

Propofol pre-treatment

No effect on BWC or NS

Sherchan et al. 2016 [38]

Rat

Recombinant Slit2 pre-treatment

Decreased BWC, CD45 antigen, myeloperoxidase, cell division cycle protein 42 (Cdc42); increased NS

Yang et al. 2016 [42]

Rat

Allogenic myelin basic (MB) protein vs. autogenic brain cell suspension pre-treatment

Suppressed secondary inflammatory reactions

Kim et al. 2017 [44]

Rat

Crotalus atrox whole venom preconditioning

Decreased intraoperative hemorrhage, postoperative hematoma

Kim et al. 2017 [45]

Rat

Crotalus helleri whole venom preconditioning

Decreased BWC and COX-2 over-expression; increased NS

Sherchan et al. 2017 [37]

Rat

Recombinant Slit2 pre-treatment

Decreased BBB permeability; increased BBB junction proteins, NS

Wang et al. 2017 [67]

Rat

Naja sputatrix whole venom preconditioning

Decreased pro-inflammatory mediators; increased NS

Wang et al. 2018 [68]

Rat

PLA2 preconditioning

Decreased BWC, intraoperative bleeding; increased NS

Xiao et al. 2018 [69]

Rat

Milk fat globule-epidermal growth factor-8 (MFGE8) pre-treatment

Decreased BWC, apoptotic cells; increased NS

Akyol et al. 2018 [70]

Rat

Neurotrophin-3 intraoperative

Decreased BWC, BBB permeability; increased NS

Chen et al. 2019 [71]

Rat

Collagen-glycosaminoglycan (CG) matrix post-treatment

Decreased ED-1, IBA-1, MPO, TNF-α, IL-6, NF-κB; increased GMCSF, IL-10

Hsu et al. 2018 [72]

Rat

Collagen-glycosaminoglycan (GC) matrix post-treatment

Increased MMP2, MMP9

Zakhary et al. 2019 [41]

Rat

RO 61-8048 (kynurenine inhibitor) post-treatment

Decreased BWC, increased NS