In aortic-banded mice, AICAR-mediated AMPK activation attenuated cardiac remodeling parameters.
In plain wordsIn mice, AMPK activation with AICAR reduced cardiac remodeling compared with vehicle.
- Peptide
- AICAR (acadesine)
- Outcome
- DecreaseCardiac remodeling parameters
- Study
mousen: not reported in source
aortic-banded mice- Comparator
- vehicle-treated aortic-banded mice
- Outcome group
- Heart function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- 0.5 mg/g/day · subcutaneous · 4 weeksAs given in this study (mouse).
Source sentences
AMPK attenuate the cardiac remodeling parameters and improve cardiac function.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Mice with descending aortic banding (AB) or subjected to sham operation received subcutaneous injection of either AICAR (0.5mgg-1day-1) or vehicle over 4 week periods.