Glycine attenuates myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting myocardial apoptosis in rats

Glycine is a well-documented cytoprotective agent. However, whether it has a protective effect against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury in vivo is still unknown. By using an open-chest anesthetized rat model, we found that glycine reduced the infarct size by 21% in ischemia-reperfusion injury...

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Main Authors: Zhong, Xiaozheng, Li, Xiaoyu, Qian, Lingling, Xu, Yiming, Lu, Yan, Zhang, Jing, Li, Nan, Zhu, Xudong, Ben, Jingjing, Yang, Qing, Chen, Qi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Editorial Department of Journal of Biomedical Research 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3613731/