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Najah Harouki1,2,3, Lionel Nicol1,2,3,4, Isabelle Remy-Jouet1,2,3
1INSERM U1096, Rouen, France.
This study reports preclinical data showing that the interleukin (IL)-1β modulation is a new promising target in the pathophysiological context of heart failure. Indeed, in nondiabetic Wistar and diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats with chronic heart failure induced by myocardial infarction, administration of the IL-1β antibody gevokizumab improves 'surrogate' markers of survival (i.e., left ventricular remodeling, hemodynamics, and function as well as coronary function). However, whether IL-1β modulation per se or in combination with standard treatments of heart failure improves long-term outcome in human heart failure remains to be determined.
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