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Journal: Activating Connexin43 gap junctions primes adipose tissue for therapeutic intervention. (Pubmed Central) - Jul 24, 2022 In light of these findings, we propose a model in which connecting adipocytes via Cx43 gap junction channels primes adipose tissue to pharmacological agents designed to engage it. Thus, Cx43 gap junction activators hold great potential for combination with additional agents targeting adipose tissue.
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Preclinical, Journal: Gap-134, a Connexin43 activator, prevents age-related development of ventricular fibrosis in Scn5a mice. (Pubmed Central) - Jul 8, 2021 Chronic administration of a potent and selective gap junction modifier, Gap-134 (danegaptide), between 45 and 60 weeks, increased Cx43 expression and phosphorylation on serine 368 and prevented Cx43 delocalization...In conclusion, the present study demonstrates that the age-dependent decrease of Cx43 expression is involved in the ventricular fibrotic process occurring in Scn5a mice. Finally, our study suggests that gap junction modifier, such as Gap-134, could be an effective anti-fibrotic agent in the context of age-dependent fibrosis in progressive cardiac conduction disease.
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Biomarker, Preclinical, Journal: A human in vitro platform for the evaluation of pharmacology strategies in cardiac ischemia. (Pubmed Central) - Aug 22, 2019 ZP1609 significantly improved the drastic drop in conduction velocity and enabled a greater recovery. This model represents a new preclinical platform for studying cardiac ischemia with human cells, which does not rely on biomarker analysis and has the potential for screening novel cardioprotective drugs with readouts that are closer to the measured clinical parameters.
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