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In this scenario, we evaluated the impact of DMSO and\/or LnHS on SH-SY5Y and U-87 cells, taken as <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> model of neurons and glia.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> Cells were treated with DMSO and\/or LnHS at different doses and proliferation (MTT and trypan blue counting, colony forming ability, autophagy, oxidative stress (NO, ROS determination) and inflammatory (IL8, IL6, TNF\u03b1 mRNA expression) response was evaluated.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> We found that DMSO reduces both neuronal and glial cell viability, while LnHS does not affect viability of SH-SY5Y cells but reduces that of U-87 cells. Therefore, we focused on SHSY5Y cells and investigated whether LnHS could counteract DMSO toxicity. LnHS partially attenuates the inhibitory effects of DMSO on cell viability and restores the colony-forming ability of SH-SY5Y cells exposed to DMSO. Furthermore, we found that co-administration of LnHS modulates the expression of SIRT3 and SOD2 enzymes, reduces nitrite release and ROS generation increasing IL-8 levels. Interestingly, co-administration of LnHS counteracts the DMSO-induced production of IL-6, while no modification in TNF-\u03b1 was found.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Discussion:<\/jats:bold> Our study indicates LnHS as a potential feasible compound to support neuronal health as it counteracts DMSO induced cytotoxic effects by improving SH-SY5Y cells survival. 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