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

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

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