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Review
. 2016 Apr 7;4(3):e00231.
doi: 10.1002/prp2.231. eCollection 2016 Jun.

Anti-inflammatory, antiapoptotic, and antioxidant activity of fluoxetine

Vitor Caiaffo  1 , Belisa D R Oliveira  2 , Fabrício B de Sá  1 , Joaquim Evêncio Neto  1
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Review

Anti-inflammatory, antiapoptotic, and antioxidant activity of fluoxetine

Vitor Caiaffo et al. Pharmacol Res Perspect. .

Abstract

Fluoxetine is a selective serotonin uptake inhibitor that has been widely used to determine the neurotransmission of serotonin in the central nervous system. This substance has emerged as the drug of choice for the treatment of depression due to is safer profile, fewer side effects, and greater tolerability. Studies have found the following important functions of fluoxetine related to the central nervous system: neuroprotection; anti-inflammatory properties similar to standard drugs for the treatment of inflammatory conditions; antioxidant properties, contributing to its therapeutic action and an important intracellular mechanism underlying the protective pharmacological effects seen in clinical practice in the treatment of different stress-related adverse health conditions; and antiapoptotic properties, with greater neuron survival and a reduction in apoptosis mediators as well as oxidative substances, such as superoxide dismutase and hydrogen peroxide. The aim of this study was to perform a review of the literature on the important role of fluoxetine in anti-inflammatory, cell survival, and neuron trophicity mechanisms (antiapoptotic properties) as well as its role regarding enzymes of the antioxidant defense system.

Keywords: Antiapoptotic; Fluoxetine; antioxidant; anti‐inflammatory.

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