| Literature DB >> 22624832 |
Rakesh C Kukreja1, Fadi N Salloum, Anindita Das.
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Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) is an important intracellular second messenger that mediates multiple tissue and cellular responses. The cGMP pathway is a key element in the pathophysiology of the heart and its modulation by drugs such as phosphodiesterase (PDE)-5 inhibitors and guanylate cyclase activators may represent a promising therapeutic approach for acute myocardial infarction, cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, and doxorubicin cardiotoxicity in patients. In addition, PDE-5 inhibitors may prove to be innovative therapeutic agents for enhancing the chemosensitivity of doxorubicin while providing concurrent cardiac benefit.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22624832 PMCID: PMC4230443 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.09.086
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Coll Cardiol ISSN: 0735-1097 Impact factor: 24.094