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Azithromycin Therapy Reduces Cardiac Inflammation And Mitigates Adverse Cardiac Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction, Ahmed Hamish Neamah Al-Darraji
Azithromycin Therapy Reduces Cardiac Inflammation And Mitigates Adverse Cardiac Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction, Ahmed Hamish Neamah Al-Darraji
Theses and Dissertations--Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
Introduction: Myocardial infarction (MI) remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Induced by cardiomyocyte death, MI initiates a prolonged and uncontrolled inflammatory response which impairs the healing process. Immune cells, such as macrophages, play a central role in organizing the early post-MI inflammatory response and the subsequent repair phase. Two activation states of macrophages have been identified with distinct and complementary functions (inflammatory vs. reparatory). This bimodal pattern of macrophage activation is an attractive therapeutic target to favorably resolve post-MI inflammation and enhance recovery. It has been demonstrated that azithromycin (AZM), a commonly used antibiotic with immunomodulatory effects, …