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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2020

Enhanced Cardiomyocyte Function in Hypertensive Rats With Diastolic Dysfunction and Human Heart Failure Patients After Acute Treatment With Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase (sGC) Activator.

Detmar Kolijn, Árpád Kovács, Melissa Herwig, Mária Lódi, Marcel Sieme, Abdulatif Alhaj, Peter Sandner, Zoltán Papp, Peter H Reusch, Peter Haldenwang and 7 more

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Detmar KolijnDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Árpád KovácsDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Melissa HerwigDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Mária LódiDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Marcel SiemeDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Abdulatif AlhajDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Peter SandnerBayer AG, Drug Discovery Cardiology, Wuppertal, Germany.
Zoltán PappDivision of Clinical Physiology, Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
Peter H ReuschDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Peter HaldenwangDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Ines Falcão-PiresDepartment of Surgery and Physiology and Cardiovascular Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Wolfgang A LinkeInstitute of Physiology II, University Hospital Münster, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Kornelia JaquetDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Sophie Van LinthoutDepartment of Medicine and Cardiology (CVK), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Andreas MüggeDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Carsten TschöpeDepartment of Medicine and Cardiology (CVK), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Nazha HamdaniDepartment of Molecular and Experimental Cardiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Ruhr University Bochum · DESt. Josef-Hospital · DECharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEBayer (Germany) · DEBG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum · DEUniversidade do Porto · PTUniversity Hospital Münster · DEUniversity of Debrecen · HU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsOur aim was to investigate the effect of nitric oxide (NO)-independent activation of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) on cardiomyocyte function in a hypertensive animal model with diastolic dysfunction and in biopsies from human heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

methodsDahl salt-sensitive (DSS) rats and control rats were fed a high-salt diet for 10 weeks and then acutely treated

resultsHigh cardiomyocyte F

conclusionOur data show that sGC activator improves cardiomyocyte function, reduces inflammation and oxidative stress, improves sGC-PKG signaling, and normalizes hypertrophic kinases, indicating that it is a potential treatment option for HFpEF patients and perhaps also for cases with increased hypertrophic signaling.

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HFPEFinflammationoxidative stresssGC activatortitin

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PMID32523538
PMCPMC7261855
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