In rats with doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy, liraglutide ameliorated the toxic effect of doxorubicin in cardiac tissue, with less powerful effects than oxytocin.
In plain wordsIn rats with doxorubicin heart damage, liraglutide reduced the damage to heart tissue, but less than oxytocin did.
- Peptide
- Liraglutide
- Outcome
- DecreaseDoxorubicin toxicity in cardiac tissue
- Study
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Doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy in male Sprague-Dawley rats- Comparator
- DXR + saline (placebo)
- Outcome group
- Myocardial injury · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- 1.8 mg/kg/day · intraperitoneal · 15 daysAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
All three treatments were shown to ameliorate the toxic effect of doxorubicin in cardiac tissue with the best results in DXR + OX group.
4 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
LIR and G-CSF treatment caused similar results with less powerful effects.
In this experimental animal study, we aimed to define therapeutic effects of liraglutide, oxytocin and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in DXR-induced cardiomyopathy model.
Group 1 rats were assigned to a placebo group and was given with a 0.9% NaCl saline solution at a dose of 1 ml/kg/day i.p. (DXR + saline), Group 2 rats were given with 1.8 mg/kg/day of Liraglutide i.p. (DXR + LIR), Group 3 rats were given with 160 μg/kg/day oxytocin i.p. (DXR + OX), Group 4 rats wer…
All medications were given for 15 days.