In mice with ischaemia-reperfusion, liraglutide pre-treatment reduced myocardial infarct size.
In plain wordsIn mice, liraglutide given before a heart attack-like injury reduced the size of the damaged heart area.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseMyocardial infarct size
- Study
mousen: not reported in source
C57BL/6 mice with left coronary artery occlusion and reperfusion- Comparator
- Vehicle
- Outcome group
- Myocardial injury · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · 5 daysAs given in this study (mouse).
Source sentences
Pre-treatment with linagliptin or liraglutide reduced infarct size, protected cardiomyocytes from injury and preserved cardiac contractile function in a similar fashion.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
C57BL/6 mice were treated with vehicle, the DPP-4 inhibitor linagliptin, the GLP-1 activator liraglutide, or both agents together for 5 days, and then subjected to LCA occlusion (1 h) and reperfusion (3 h).