Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10738300 | Free Radical Biology and Medicine | 2011 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
⺠Doxorubicin is an antitumoral agent with high cardiotoxicity. ⺠Metformin is an antidiabetic drug which exerts cardioprotective effects. ⺠The metformin pretreatment protects cardiomyocytes from doxorubicin-induced damage. ⺠The cardiac adiponectin system plays an important role in this protective action.
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Mari C. Asensio-López, Antonio Lax, Domingo A. Pascual-Figal, Mariano Valdés, Jesús Sánchez-Más,