Colchicine and the heart: pushing the envelope

S Deftereos, G Giannopoulos, N Papoutsidakis… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Colchicine, a natural and ancient drug still used today, is traditionally considered the staple
therapy for gout and a second-line treatment for pericarditis, as well as a basic part of …

Natriuretic peptides in vascular physiology and pathology

GE Woodard, JA Rosado - International review of cell and molecular …, 2008 - Elsevier
Four major natriuretic peptides have been isolated: atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), brain
natriuretic peptide (BNP), C‐type natriuretic peptide (CNP), and Dendroaspis‐type …

Assessment of the effects of Syk and BTK inhibitors on GPVI-mediated platelet signaling and function

TJ Zheng, ER Lofurno, AR Melrose… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) and Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) play critical roles in platelet
physiology, facilitating intracellular immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) …

Effect of colchicine on platelet-platelet and platelet-leukocyte interactions: a pilot study in healthy subjects

B Shah, N Allen, B Harchandani, M Pillinger, S Katz… - Inflammation, 2016 - Springer
The cardioprotective mechanisms of colchicine in patients with stable ischemic heart
disease remain uncertain. We tested varying concentrations of colchicine on platelet activity …

Tyrosine kinase Btk is required for NK cell activation

Y Bao, J Zheng, C Han, J Jin, H Han, Y Liu… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
Bruton tyrosine kinase (Btk) is not only critical for B cell development and differentiation but
is also involved in the regulation of Toll-like receptor-triggered innate response of …

Exploratory Review of the Role of Statins, Colchicine, and Aspirin for the Prevention of Radiation‐Associated Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality

MI Camara Planek, AJ Silver, AS Volgman… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the primary cause of mortality in cancer survivors. 1 In
particular, radiationassociated cardiovascular disease (RACVD) is the leading cause of …

Colchicine inhibits ROS generation in response to glycoprotein VI stimulation

GJ Pennings, CJ Reddel, M Traini, H Campbell… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Colchicine inhibits coronary and cerebrovascular events in patients with coronary artery
disease (CAD), and although known to have anti-inflammatory properties, its mechanisms of …

The cytoskeleton plays a modulatory role in the association between STIM1 and the Ca2+ channel subunits Orai1 and TRPC1

C Galán, N Dionisio, T Smani, GM Salido… - Biochemical …, 2011 - Elsevier
Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is a major pathway for Ca2+ influx in non-excitable cells.
Recent studies favour a conformational coupling mechanism between the endoplasmic …

Colchicine as a modulator of platelet function: a systematic review

CJ Reddel, GJ Pennings, VM Chen… - … in Thrombosis and …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
The microtubule inhibitor and anti-inflammatory agent colchicine is used to treat a range of
conditions involving inflammasome activation in monocytes and neutrophils, and is now …

STIM1, Orai1 and hTRPC1 are important for thrombin-and ADP-induced aggregation in human platelets

C Galan, H Zbidi, A Bartegi, GM Salido… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2009 - Elsevier
Ca2+ entry, particularly store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE), has been reported to be crucial
for a variety of cellular functions. SOCE is a mechanism regulated by the Ca2+ content of the …