In iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes, elamipretide attenuated clozapine-induced cardiotoxic effects.
In plain wordsIn lab tests on heart cells grown from stem cells, elamipretide reduced heart cell damage caused by clozapine.
- Peptide
- Elamipretide (SS-31)
- Outcome
- DecreaseClozapine-induced cardiotoxic effects
- Study
humann: not reported in source
iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes from patients with schizophrenia- Outcome group
- Heart function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Furthermore, pharmacological targeting of the mitochondria (elamipretide) and inflammasome (ustekinumab) attenuated these clozapine-induced cardiotoxic effects.
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In this study, cardiomyocytes that were derived from induced pluripotent stem cells generated from four patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia with (n = 2) and without (n = 2) a history of clozapine-induced myocarditis were used to assess mitochondria- and NLRP3 inflammasome-mediated mechan…