The cardiac glycoside ouabain activates NLRP3 inflammasomes and promotes cardiac inflammation and dysfunction.

Cardiac glycosides such as digoxin are Na+/K+-ATPase inhibitors that are widely used for the treatment of chronic heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias; however, recent epidemiological studies have suggested a relationship between digoxin treatment and increased mortality. We previously showed that...

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Main Authors: Motoi Kobayashi, Fumitake Usui-Kawanishi, Tadayoshi Karasawa, Hiroaki Kimura, Sachiko Watanabe, Nathan Mise, Fujio Kayama, Tadashi Kasahara, Naoyuki Hasebe, Masafumi Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5426608?pdf=render