Improving the preclinical models for the study of chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity: a Position Paper of the Italian Working Group on Drug Cardiotoxicity and Cardioprotection

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 621-631

  Madonna, Rosalinda ^a,b,c   Cadeddu, Christian ^d   Deidda, Martino ^d   Mele, Donato ^e   Monte, Ines ^f   Novo, Giuseppina ^g   Pagliaro, Pasquale ^h   Pepe, Alessia ⁱ   Spallarossa, Paolo ^j   Tocchetti, Carlo Gabriele ^k   Zito, Concetta ^l   Mercuro, Giuseppe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

ⁱ FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

ACE inhibitors; Beta blockers; Cancer therapy induced cardiac injury; Cardiac stem cells; Cardioprotection; Mitochondria; Neuregulin 1; Oxidative stress; Preclinical models; Statins

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; B RAF KINASE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EDETIC ACID; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMATINIB; LIGAND; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROBUCOL; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; RAZOXANE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; VASCULOTROPIN; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; NRG1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED CARDIOTOXICITY; COLON CANCER; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MITOCHONDRION; NEUROMODULATION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREVALENCE; RECTUM CANCER; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART MITOCHONDRION; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CARDIOTOXICITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA, HEART; NEOPLASMS; NEUREGULIN-1; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84938679294     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: 15737322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-015-9497-4     Document Type: Article

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