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作者: Szabó, Petra Lujza ; Kiss, Attila ; Cserni, Gábor ; Krenács, Tibor ; Fintha, Attila ; Földesi, Imre ; Watzinger, Simon ; Zins, Karin ; Podesser, Bruno K ; Pokreisz, Peter ; Lauber, Gülsüm Yilmaz ; Siska, Andrea ; Márványkövi, Fanni ; Kővári, Bence ; Csont, Tamás ; Monostori, Péter ; Kovács, Ferenc ; Szűcs, Gergő ; Szabó, Gábor Tamás ; Acar, Eylem ; Abraham, Dietmar ; Galla, Zsolt ; Sárközy, Márta ; Kovács, Zsuzsanna Z A ; Kriston, András ; Horváth, Péter
Chronic kidney disease is a global health problem affecting 10% to 12% of the population. Uremic cardiomyopathy is often characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy, fibrosis, and diastolic dysfunction. Dysregulation of neuregulin-1β signaling in the heart is a known contributor to heart failure. The systemically administered recombinant human neuregulin-1β for 10 days in our 5/6 nephrectomy-induced model of chronic kidney disease alleviated the progression of uremic cardiomyopathy and kidney dysfunction in type 4 cardiorenal syndrome. The currently presented positive preclinical data warrant clinical studies to confirm the beneficial effects of recombinant human neuregulin-1β in patients with chronic kidney disease.