Jing Zhang, Guolong Wang, Yuxuan Shi, Xin Liu, Shuang Liu, Wendi Chen, Yunna Ning, Yongzhi Cao, Yueran Zhao, Ming Li
BACKGROUND: Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a crucial complication of long-term chronic diabetes that can lead to myocardial hypertrophy, myocardial fibrosis, and heart failure. There is increasing evidence that DCM is associated with pyroptosis, a form of inflammation-related programmed cell death. Growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) is a member of the transforming growth factor β superfamily, which regulates oxidative stress, inflammation, and cell survival to mitigate myocardial hypertrophy, myocardial infarction, and vascular injury...
May 7, 2024: Cardiovascular Diabetology