A new paradigm in redox-mediated cardiac fibrosis

纤维化是许多形式的心脏病的共同特征。尽管活性氧（ROS）在心脏纤维化中的核心作用得到了公认，但抗氧化剂方法在临床试验中失败了。我们已经发现了ROS介导的纤维化的新机制，该机制在人类心力衰竭中被耗尽，并且将测试一种创新的治疗方法，该方法即将由我们团队的成员开发一种有效阻断该途径的特定肽阻断剂。

Fibrosis is a common feature of many forms of heart disease. Despite the recognised central role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cardiac fibrosis, antioxidant approaches have failed in clinical trials. We have discovered a new mechanism for ROS-mediated fibrosis that is depleted in human heart failure, and will test an innovative therapeutic approach that is imminently translatable given the development by members of our team of a specific peptide blocker effective in blocking this pathway.