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From: Therapeutic targets and limits of minocycline neuroprotection in experimental ischemic stroke

Figure 2

Caspase3/7 activity and tunel staining in cultured neurons and astrocytes. Low dose minocycline (1 μM) reduced caspase3/7 activity of neurons (A), but not of astrocytes (B). In contrast, high dose minocycline (100 μM) displayed no suppressive effects on caspase 3/7 activity of neurons and increased that of astrocytes (A, B). Similarly, low dose minocycline reduced, whereas high dose minocycline increased the number of TUNEL positive neurons compared to vehicle-treated cultured neurons (OGD-exposed neurons treated with 0, 1 and 100 μM of minocycline; panels C, D and E, respectively). On the other hand, minocycline at all doses did not reduce the number of TUNEL positive astrocytes (OGD-exposed astrocytes treated with 0, 1 and 100 μM of minocycline; panels F, G and H, respectively). Data are shown as mean values ± SEM (*p < 0.05. A, I: neurons, B, J: astrocytes). Scale bar: 50 μm.

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