Etanercept attenuates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by decreasing inflammation and oxidative stress.

The protective role of etanercept in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion is not well understood. The aim of this study was to investigate whether etanercept modulates neutrophil accumulation, TNF-α induction and oxidative stress in an ischemia/reperfusion injured rat heart model. Rats were randomly expo...

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Main Authors: Mei Yang, Jianchang Chen, Jing Zhao, Mei Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4178063?pdf=render