🫀 How heart failure drugs boost cell energy
Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: Medical Xpress · 1 min read · · Updated
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A major breakthrough in understanding how these treatments work could lead to much faster relief for patients living with heart disease.
What actually happened
Researchers have discovered that SGLT2 inhibitors, a class of drugs originally developed to treat diabetes and now widely used for heart failure, work by activating a key enzyme that helps heart cells produce and use energy more efficiently. The study, published today in Science, potentially solves a longstanding gap in knowledge about these drugs and opens the door to potential new treatments for heart failure.
Key points
- Researchers have discovered that SGLT2 inhibitors, a class of drugs originally developed to treat diabetes and now widely used for heart failure, work by activating a key enzyme that helps heart cells produce and use energy more efficiently.
- The study, published today in Science, potentially solves a longstanding gap in knowledge about these drugs and opens the door to potential new treatments for heart failure.
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