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- Title
Is IGF‐1 a useful inhibitor of Na<sup>+</sup>/H<sup>+</sup>‐exchanger activity?
- Authors
Baartscheer, Antonius; Veldkamp, Marieke W.
- Abstract
An editorial is presented on the sodium-hydrogen antiporter (Na+/H++ exchanger) (NHE-1) activity. Topics mentioned include the antioxidant effect of NHE-1, the effects of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), and the relation of IGF-1 to heart failure. Also mentioned are the prevention of heart failure and cardiac hypertrophy and the effectiveness of Canagliflozi and Empagliflozin drugs in the reduction of cardiovascular events.
- Subjects
ANTIOXIDANTS; SOMATOMEDIN; HEART failure; CARDIAC hypertrophy; DRUG efficacy
- Publication
Acta Physiologica, 2018, Vol 224, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1748-1708
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1111/apha.13164