Research Article

Sesamin Promotes Neurite Outgrowth under Insufficient Nerve Growth Factor Condition in PC12 Cells through ERK1/2 Pathway and SIRT1 Modulation

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Effects of sesamin on the induction of morphological differentiation by NGF stimulation. The PC12 cell differentiation was stimulated with NGF at 20 ng/ml (low concentration) or 40 ng/ml (high concentration) under cotreatment with/or without 10 μM sesamin. (a) The morphological change was observed under an inverted phase-contrast microscope at 24 and 72 h after treatment. (b) The bar graph showed the calculation of percent differentiation. Data represent the means ± SD of three independent experiments. compared with NGF alone. SE: sesamin; NGF: nerve growth factor.
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