Short-Communication: Short-Term Treatment with Taurine Prevents the Development of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Early Death in Hereditary Cardiomyopathy of the Hamster and Is Sex-Dependent
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animal Model, Study Design, and Taurine
2.2. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Effect of 20 Days of Treatment with Taurine (250 mg/kg/Day or 25 mg/Animal/Day) on Heart Weight to Body Weight Ratio of Males and Females HCMHs
3.2. Effect of 20 Days of Treatment with Taurine (250 mg/kg/Day or 25 mg/Animal/Day) on the Early Death of 220-Day-Old Male and Female HCMHs
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Limitations of the Study
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Bkaily, G.; Simon, Y.; Normand, A.; Jazzar, A.; Najibeddine, H.; Khalil, A.; Jacques, D. Short-Communication: Short-Term Treatment with Taurine Prevents the Development of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Early Death in Hereditary Cardiomyopathy of the Hamster and Is Sex-Dependent. Nutrients 2022, 14, 3287. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14163287
Bkaily G, Simon Y, Normand A, Jazzar A, Najibeddine H, Khalil A, Jacques D. Short-Communication: Short-Term Treatment with Taurine Prevents the Development of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Early Death in Hereditary Cardiomyopathy of the Hamster and Is Sex-Dependent. Nutrients. 2022; 14(16):3287. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14163287
Chicago/Turabian StyleBkaily, Ghassan, Yanick Simon, Alexandre Normand, Ashley Jazzar, Houssein Najibeddine, Abdelouahed Khalil, and Danielle Jacques. 2022. "Short-Communication: Short-Term Treatment with Taurine Prevents the Development of Cardiac Hypertrophy and Early Death in Hereditary Cardiomyopathy of the Hamster and Is Sex-Dependent" Nutrients 14, no. 16: 3287. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14163287