Autophagy is involved in the cardioprotection effect of remote limb ischemic postconditioning on myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in normal mice, but not diabetic mice.

BACKGROUND: Recent animal study and clinical trial data suggested that remote limb ischemic postconditioning (RIPostC) can invoke potent cardioprotection. However, during ischemia reperfusion injury (IR), the effect and mechanism of RIPostC on myocardium in subjects with or without diabetes mellitus...

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Main Authors: Zhihua Han, Jiatian Cao, Dongqiang Song, Lei Tian, Kan Chen, Yue Wang, Lin Gao, Zhaofang Yin, Yuqi Fan, Changqian Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3900658?pdf=render