Why the study?
Does fenofibrate prevent cardiac hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats?
Population
Spontaneously hypertensive rats in the initial stages of hypertrophy and those with established hypertrophy
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
60 days
Authors
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May warrant age-specific caution in hypertensive models; leaves open PPARα modulation for human cardiac remodeling.
Does fenofibrate prevent cardiac hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats?
Stimulation of PPARα with fenofibrate before metabolic remodeling prevents cardiac hypertrophy, but reactivation after metabolic adaptation aggravates it, suggesting age-dependent paradoxical effects.
Purushothaman et al. (2011) studied this question.