Neutrophil stunning by metoprolol reduces infarct size

Neutrophil stunning by metoprolol reduces infarct size

Metoprolol is a selective β1 adrenergic receptor blocker that reduces cardiac infarct size and improves cardiac function. The drug is believed to act on cardiomyocytes; however, here the authors show that metoprolol exerts its beneficial effect on infarcted heart by targeting neutrophils and alterin...

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Main Authors: Jaime García-Prieto, Rocío Villena-Gutiérrez, Mónica Gómez, Esther Bernardo, Andrés Pun-García, Inés García-Lunar, Georgiana Crainiciuc, Rodrigo Fernández-Jiménez, Vinatha Sreeramkumar, Rafael Bourio-Martínez, José M García-Ruiz, Alfonso Serrano del Valle, David Sanz-Rosa, Gonzalo Pizarro, Antonio Fernández-Ortiz, Andrés Hidalgo, Valentín Fuster, Borja Ibanez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14780

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