Sylwia Wasiak

BET inhibitor apabetalone suppresses the fibrotic activation of cardiac fibroblasts associated with heart dysfunction

Background Accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) causes tissue fibrosis that contributes to myocardial dysfunction and heart failure (HF), yet there are no approved anti-fibrotic therapeutics that target it. Inhibitors of BET proteins (BETi) reduced fibrosis in preclinical H...