Scientists demonstrated that salinomycin displayed potent anti-fibrotic activity in cardiac fibroblasts obtained from heart failure patients. In pre-clinical studies, salinomycin prevented cardiac fibrosis and functional decline in mouse models of ischemic and non-ischemic heart disease.
[Circulation Research]
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