Betaine recovers hypothalamic neural injury by inhibiting astrogliosis and inflammation in fructose‐fed rats

Jian‐Mei Li, Chenxu Ge, Minxuan Xu, Wei Wang, Rong Yu, Chenyu Fan, Ling‐Dong Kong

Molecular Nutrition & Food Research · 2014 · 86 citations · 46 references

Abstract

These findings suggest that betaine inhibits fructose-caused astrogliosis and inflammation by the suppression of TLR4/NF-κB pathway activation and HDAC3 expression to protect against hypothalamic neural injury, which, at least partly, contributes to the improvement of fructose-induced metabolic syndrome.

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