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Pharmacokinetics of a single dose of Aficamten (CK-274) on cardiac contractility in a A31P MYBPC3 hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cat model.
Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics - 1 Jan 2023
Sharpe Ashley N, Oldach Maureen S, Kaplan Joanna L, Rivas Victor, Kovacs Samantha L, Hwee Darren T, Morgan Bradley P, Malik Fady I, Harris Samantha P, Stern Joshua A
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most prevalent cardiac disease in cats and lacks efficacious preclinical pharmacologic intervention, prompting investigation of novel therapies. Genetic mutations encoding sarcomeric proteins are implicated in the development of HCM and small molecule myosin inhibitors are an emerging class of therapeutics designed to target the interaction of actin and myosin to alleviate...
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