Study type: In vivo/preclinical · Status: Verified against declared source

Elamipretide Attenuates Pyroptosis and Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders in Aged Mice.

Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2020

Study scale: To detect the degree of DNA fragmentation, we performed TUNEL assays with a commercial kit (Roche TUNEL kit, Roche Molecular Biochemicals, Germany) following the manufacturer’s instructions.

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Plain-language verified summary

Question

This study has several limitations.

Methods

EG and JW conceived and designed the experiments.

Scale or participants

To detect the degree of DNA fragmentation, we performed TUNEL assays with a commercial kit (Roche TUNEL kit, Roche Molecular Biochemicals, Germany) following the manufacturer’s instructions.

Key findings

Pyroptosis is a recently characterized inflammatory form of programmed cell death that is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of perioperative neurocognitive disorders (PND).

Limitations and uncertainty

Pyroptosis is a recently characterized inflammatory form of programmed cell death that is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of perioperative neurocognitive disorders (PND).

Verified against declared source. Verification is limited to the declared source and review scope. It does not mean independent replication or establish efficacy, safety, or suitability.