@article{ChenLotzRoeweretal.2018,
  author    = {Chen, Shasha and Lotz, Christopher and Roewer, Norbert and Broscheit, Jens-Albert},
  title     = {Comparison of volatile anesthetic-induced preconditioning in cardiac and cerebral system: molecular mechanisms and clinical aspects},
  series = {European Journal of Medical Research},
  volume    = {23},
  journal   = {European Journal of Medical Research},
  number    = {10},
  doi       = {10.1186/s40001-018-0308-y},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-175509},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Volatile anesthetic-induced preconditioning ( APC) has shown to have cardiac and cerebral protective properties in both pre-clinical models and clinical trials. Interestingly, accumulating evidences demonstrate that, except from some specific characters, the underlying molecular mechanisms of APC-induced protective effects in myocytes and neurons are very similar; they share several major intracellular signaling pathways, including mediating mitochondrial function, release of inflammatory cytokines and cell apoptosis. Among all the experimental results, cortical spreading depolarization is a relative newly discovered cellular mechanism of APC, which, however, just exists in central nervous system. Applying volatile anesthetic preconditioning to clinical practice seems to be a promising cardio- and neuroprotective strategy. In this review, we also summarized and discussed the results of recent clinical research of APC. Despite all the positive experimental evidences, large-scale, long-term, more precisely controlled clinical trials focusing on the perioperative use of volatile anesthetics for organ protection are still needed.},
  language  = {en}
}