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Hydroxychloroquine Mitigates Dilated Cardiomyopathy Phenotype in Transgenic D94A Mice.
International journal of molecular sciences - 9 Dec 2022
Kanashiro-Takeuchi Rosemeire M, Kazmierczak Katarzyna, Liang Jingsheng, Takeuchi Lauro M, Sitbon Yoel H, Szczesna-Cordary Danuta
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we aimed to investigate whether short-term and low-dose treatment with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), an antimalarial drug, can modulate heart function in a preclinical model of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) expressing the D94A mutation in cardiac myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) compared with healthy non-transgenic (NTg) littermates. Increased interest in HCQ came with the COVID-19 pandemic, but the...
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