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JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 77, Issue 3, Pages 377-404Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s13105-021-00824-x
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Cardioprotection; Myocardial ischemia; reperfusion injury; Autophagy; Preclinical studies
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The debate over the protective or deleterious role of autophagy in cardiac I/R injury continues due to its complex signaling. Further research is needed to clarify the dual role of autophagy and develop new therapeutic strategies for improving outcomes. Preclinical studies targeting autophagy flux have shown promise in mitigating myocardial I/R injury.
Despite remarkable advances in our knowledge about the function of autophagy in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, the debate continues over whether autophagy is protective or deleterious in cardiac I/R. Due to the complexity of autophagy signaling, autophagy can play a dual role in the pathological processes of myocardial I/R injury. Thus, more researches are needed to shed light on the complex roles of autophagy in cardioprotection for the future clinical development. Such researches can lead to the finding of new therapeutic strategies for improving cardiac I/R outcomes in patients. Several preclinical studies have targeted autophagy flux as a beneficial strategy against myocardial I/R injury. In this review, we aimed to discuss the complex contribution of autophagy in myocardial I/R injury, as well as the therapeutic agents that have been shown to be useful in reducing myocardial I/R injury by targeting autophagy. For this reason, we provided an updated summary of the data from in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro experimental studies about the therapeutic agents that exert positive effects against myocardial I/R injury by modulating autophagy flux. By addressing these valuable studies, we try to provide a motivation for the promising hypothesis of autophagy modulation as a therapeutic strategy against cardiac I/R in the future clinical studies.
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