Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by persistent increases of pulmonary arterial pressure that can lead in the long term to right ventricular failure.
Tenaya Therapeutics Inc. has received FDA clearance of its IND application to begin clinical testing of TN-301, a highly selective small-molecule inhibitor of histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) initially being developed for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
Investigators described preclinical data for AZD-5462 (Astrazeneca plc/Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.), a novel oral agonist of the relaxin family peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1), being developed for the treatment of cardiorenal disease.
Doxorubicin is widely used as an anticancer agent, but it is associated with cardiotoxicity. Follistatin like 3 (FSTL3) is known to be involved in the regulation of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
Researchers presented data from a study that aimed to evaluate pentraxin-3 (PTX3) as a circulating marker of inflammation in patients with suspected myocarditis.
Shijiazhuang Discovery Medicine Technology Co. Ltd. has divulged nucleotides reported to be useful for the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders.
I-Cordis LLC has been awarded a phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for US$1,548,708 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to further develop a potential immune-modulatory treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a very common diagnosed arrhythmia and catheter ablation is an effective treatment, but recurrence occurs after catheter ablation and remains a medical challenge. MicroRNAs can be easily detected in the circulation, and they are epigenetic regulators in many biological processes; their usefulness as biomarkers of risk stratification in patients with AF was investigated.