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Cardioprotective effect of ritonavir, an antiviral drug, in isoproterenol induced myocardial necrosis: a new therapeutic implication

BACKGROUND: Ritonavir is a HIV protease inhibitor. In addition to its antiviral effect, Ritonavir directly inhibits the insulin-regulated glucose transporter GLUT4 and blocks glucose entry into fat and muscle cells. However, the effect of Ritonavir on cardiac GLUT4 inhibition during myocardial necro...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Prachi, Kanwal, Abhinav, Putcha, Uday Kumar, Bulani, Yogesh, Sojitra, Bhavesh, Khatua, Tarak Nath, Kuncha, Madhusudana, Banerjee, Sanjay Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23531330
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5876-11-80