Review Article

Role of Nrf2 and Its Activators in Cardiocerebral Vascular Disease

Table 2

The effects of Nrf2 activators on different CCVD.

Related diseaseAgentEffects

HypertensionDimethyl fumarate [66]Downregulated the renin-angiotensin system
Luteolin [67]Improved NO bioavailability, reduced blood pressure
Potato bioactive peptide [68]Reduced renal damage
Tilapia by-product oligopeptide [70]Reduced endothelial damage

AtherosclerosisEpigallocatechin gallate [75]Prevent NF-κB activation
Z-Ligustilide [77]Reduced atherosclerotic plaques
Trans-3,5,4-trimethoxystilbene [79]Reduced foam cell formation, atherosclerotic plaque

MIUlinastatin [87]Reduced the infarct area
Lithium [90]Against ventricular arrhythmias
PTS-HPβCD complex [91]Improved systolic function and adverse cardiac remodeling
NBP [92]Inhibited myocardial apoptosis
Andrographolide [93]Attenuated cardiac fibrosis

MIRIAtorvastatin [88]Reduced MI area
Pinacidil [98]Preserved heart function and myocardial ultrastructure
Dihydroquercetin [101]Alleviated cardiac dysfunction
GYY4137 [102]Reduced infarct size and cardiomyocyte apoptosis
α-Lipoic acid [103]Attenuated cardiac dysfunction
TFCC [105]Prevented myocardial damage
Arctigenin [114]Reduced infarct area and improved arrhythmia
CNTF [183]Attenuated death in myocardial cells

Heart failure/cardiac remodelingBardoxolone methyl [108]Attenuated myocardial inflammation
NBP [115]Improved ventricular function and prevents ventricular remodeling
Zingerone [116]Suppressed cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and inflammation
Sodium sulfide [119]Improved left ventricular function and cardiac hypertrophy
DH404 [118]Inhibited cardiac remodeling, dysfunction
Nitrite [120]Ameliorated myocardial dysfunction

Cerebral hemorrhageRS9 [130]Decreased brain edema, neuronal damage area, and neurological deficits
Simvastatin [132]Alleviated inflammatory injury, promoted neurological recovery
Monomethyl fumarate [133]Improved neurological deficit
Isoliquiritigenin [129]Alleviated neurological deficits, histological damage, and blood-brain barrier disruption
Nicotinamide mononucleotide [136]Promoted the recovery of neurological function
tert-Butylhydroquinone [135]Reduced oxidative brain damage
Melatonin [134]Ameliorated early brain injury
Mangiferin [137]Ameliorated their neurological deficits and brain edema
Sulforaphane [138]Attenuated vasospasm, ameliorated behavioral functions disrupted

CIUrinary kallidinogenase [140]Reduced neurological deficit and the area of CI
Tissue kallikrein [141]Improved neurological deficits and reduced the infarct size
Salvianolate lyophilized injection [142]Increased the number of brain microvasculature in ipsilateral
Huang-Lian-Jie-Du decoction [143]Reduced neuron structure damage, neuronal loss
Andrographolide [144]Suppressed blood-brain barrier disruption, and brain infarction
BMMCs [145]Improved the neurological function and reduced the infarct scope

CI/RIChlorogenic acid [149]Reduced brain damage, enhanced learning, and spatial memory
Lyciumamide A [150]Ameliorated oxidative damage and neuronal apoptosis
COM 3 [151]Improved the neuronal mitochondrial energy metabolism
Schizandrin A [153]Improved the neurological score and reduced infarct volume
Uric acid [154]Decreased the infarct volume and neurological deficit
AFF [155]Reduced neurologic deficits, infarct area, and histologic changes