"Cardiac Glycosides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cyclopentanophenanthrenes with a 5- or 6-membered lactone ring attached at the 17-position and SUGARS attached at the 3-position. Plants they come from have long been used in congestive heart failure. They increase the force of cardiac contraction without significantly affecting other parameters, but are very toxic at larger doses. Their mechanism of action usually involves inhibition of the NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE and they are often used in cell biological studies for that purpose.
| Descriptor ID |
D002301
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.155.580 D09.408.180
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| Concept/Terms |
Cardiac Glycosides- Cardiac Glycosides
- Glycosides, Cardiac
- Cardiotonic Steroids
- Steroids, Cardiotonic
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cardiac Glycosides" by people in Profiles.
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A p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor attenuates cardiotonic steroids-induced apoptotic and stress signaling in a Sw-71 cytotrophoblast cell line. Placenta. 2015 Nov; 36(11):1276-82.
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Cardiotonic steroids induce anti-angiogenic and anti-proliferative profiles in first trimester extravillous cytotrophoblast cells. Placenta. 2014 Nov; 35(11):932-6.
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In vitro and in vivo neuroprotective activity of the cardiac glycoside oleandrin from Nerium oleander in brain slice-based stroke models. J Neurochem. 2011 Nov; 119(4):805-14.
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Huachansu, containing cardiac glycosides, enhances radiosensitivity of human lung cancer cells. Anticancer Res. 2011 Jun; 31(6):2141-8.
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Cardiac glycosides as novel cancer therapeutic agents. Mol Interv. 2008 Feb; 8(1):36-49.
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Autophagic cell death of human pancreatic tumor cells mediated by oleandrin, a lipid-soluble cardiac glycoside. Integr Cancer Ther. 2007 Dec; 6(4):354-64.