Research Article

The Neuroprotective Effects of SIRT1 on NMDA-Induced Excitotoxicity

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Effects of SIRT1 overexpression on the number of living cells reduced by NMDA in the SH-SY5Y cell line. (a) Representative micrographs showing the suppression of WT-SIRT1 overexpression on NMDA-induced decrease of living cells () and no effect of DN-SIRT1 overexpression on the number of survival cells in the NMDA group (). Living cells were stained by Calcein-AM (green), and dead cells were stained by PI (red). (b) Bar graph of mean of living cells. Each value represents the mean ± S.E.M. of three independent experiments. versus the control group, # versus the NMDA group, & versus the WT-SIRT1 + NMDA group.
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