Enhanced interleukin-1 activity contributes to exercise intolerance in patients with systolic heart failure
Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome characterized by impaired cardiac function and poor exercise tolerance. Enhanced inflammation is associated with worsening outcomes in HF patients and may play a direct role in disease progression. Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is a pro-inflammatory cytokin...
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Veröffentlicht in: | PloS one 2012-03, Vol.7 (3), p.e33438-e33438 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical syndrome characterized by impaired cardiac function and poor exercise tolerance. Enhanced inflammation is associated with worsening outcomes in HF patients and may play a direct role in disease progression. Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that becomes chronically elevated in HF and exerts putative negative inotropic effects.
We developed a model of IL-1β-induced left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in healthy mice that exhibited a 32% reduction in LV fractional shortening (P |
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ISSN: | 1932-6203 1932-6203 |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0033438 |