Epigallocatechin-3-gallate confers protection against corticosterone-induced neuron injuries via restoring extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase/protein kinase B signaling pathways

• Xiaoling Zhao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoling Zhao, Renjia Li, Hui Jin

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Tianjin Institute of Health and Environmental Medicine, Tianjin, China

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• Renjia Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoling Zhao, Renjia Li, Hui Jin

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Tianjin Institute of Health and Environmental Medicine, Tianjin, China, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Yan’an Hospital of Kunming City, Kunming, Yunnan province, China

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• Hui Jin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaoling Zhao, Renjia Li, Hui Jin

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, United States of America

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• Haimin Jin,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Tianjin Institute of Health and Environmental Medicine, Tianjin, China, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical University, Taian, Shandong province, China

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• Yonghui Wang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Tianjin Institute of Health and Environmental Medicine, Tianjin, China

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• Wanqi Zhang,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

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• Haichao Wang ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tjchenwq@sohu.com (WC); hwang@northwell.edu (HW)

  Affiliations The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, United States of America, Department of Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, United States of America

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• Weiqiang Chen

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: tjchenwq@sohu.com (WC); hwang@northwell.edu (HW)

  Affiliations Tianjin Institute of Health and Environmental Medicine, Tianjin, China, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, United States of America, Department of Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3592-2318

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