Treatment with XAV-939 prevents in vitro calcification of human valvular interstitial cells.

The development of a substance or inhibitor-based treatment strategy for the prevention of aortic valve stenosis is a challenge and a main focus of medical research in this area. One strategy may be to use the tankyrase inhibitor XAV-939, which leads to Axin stabilisation and subsequent destruction...

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Main Authors: Claudia Dittfeld, Gabriel Reimann, Alice Mieting, Petra Büttner, Anett Jannasch, Katrin Plötze, Gerald Steiner, Sems Malte Tugtekin, Klaus Matschke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208774