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ArticleEuropean heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology2023

Monoclonal antibodies and amyloid removal as a therapeutic strategy for cardiac amyloidosis.

Michele Emdin, Paolo Morfino, Lucia Crosta, Alberto Aimo, Giuseppe Vergaro, Vincenzo Castiglione

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Article in European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Biologics for cardiovascular diseases: from bench to bedside.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  2. Mechanisms of damage and therapies for cardiac amyloidosis: a role for inflammation?Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026
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  8. Cardiac amyloidosis: Innovations in diagnosis and treatment.European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025
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  10. Tafamidis therapy in transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy: a narrative review from clinical trials and real-world evidence.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michele EmdinInterdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa.
Paolo MorfinoInterdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa.
Lucia CrostaInterdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa.
Alberto AimoInterdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa.
Giuseppe VergaroInterdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa.
Vincenzo CastiglioneInterdisciplinary Center for Health Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa.
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna · ITFondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is an infiltrative disease caused by progressive deposition of amyloid fibres in the heart. The most common forms include immunoglobulin light-chain and transthyretin amyloidosis. Current therapies for CA either stabilize or block the production of amyloidogenic precursors, preventing further amyloid deposition. This approach, while reducing cell damage and disease progression, does not target pre-existing amyloid deposits. Conversely, amyloid removal might stimulate functional recovery of the affected organ, thus improving quality of life and survival. A therapeutic strategy based on monoclonal antibodies capable of selectively binding amyloid deposits and inducing their removal has recently been tested in various clinical trial, with promising results, and could represent a key treatment for CA in the near future.

Indexed as

Cardiac amyloidosisLight chainsMonoclonal antibodiesTransthyretin

Identifiers

PMID37091656
PMCPMC10120953
OpenAlexW4366722696

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