“…Studies concerning minocycline (a derivative of tetracycline; 7-dimethylamino-6-dimethyl-6-deoxytetracycline) indicate that the antibiotic has multi-faced effects on cell functions and consequently a number of clinical properties that are useful and/or could be useful for treatment of different diseases, including bacterial infections, cancer, autoimmune disorders, ischemia as well as neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases (for review, see for example, Garrido-Mesa et al, 2013, Karachitos et al 2013, Stock et al, 2013and Fond et al, 2014. Accordingly, it is becoming evident that minocycline-mediated cytoprotection is an important aspect of its clinical application.…”