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15,16-dihydrotanshinone I suppresses the activation of BV-2 cell, a murine microglia cell line, by lipopolysaccharide.

Microglial activation has been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, inhibition of inflammation mediated by microglia is a strategy in neurodegenerative disease therapy. In this study, we isolated cryptotanshinone and 15,16-dihydrotanshinone I from Salvia miltiorrhiza, a traditional Korean herb medicine, by bioactivity-guided fractionation based on inhibitory effect on nitric oxide in a lipopolysaccharide-stimulated BV-2 cells, a murine microglial cell line. 15,16-Dihydotanshinoe I suppressed the expression of not only inducible nitric oxide synthase but also of interleukin-1beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and of TNF-alpha converting enzyme.[1]

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  1. 15,16-dihydrotanshinone I suppresses the activation of BV-2 cell, a murine microglia cell line, by lipopolysaccharide. Lee, P., Hur, J., Lee, J., Kim, J., Jeong, J., Kang, I., Kim, S.Y., Kim, H. Neurochem. Int. (2006) [Pubmed]
 
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