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Green tea halts progression of cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis: an observational report

BACKGROUND: Treatment options in patients with amyloidotic transthyretin (ATTR) cardiomyopathy are limited. Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), the most abundant catechin in green tea (GT), inhibits fibril formation from several amyloidogenic proteins in vitro. Thus, it might also halt progression of...

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Autores principales: Kristen, Arnt V., Lehrke, Stephanie, Buss, Sebastian, Mereles, Derliz, Steen, Henning, Ehlermann, Philipp, Hardt, Stefan, Giannitsis, Evangelos, Schreiner, Rupert, Haberkorn, Uwe, Schnabel, Philipp A., Linke, Reinhold P., Röcken, Christoph, Wanker, Erich E., Dengler, Thomas J., Altland, Klaus, Katus, Hugo A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3445797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22584381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00392-012-0463-z