Ischemic preconditioning protects the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury in chronic kidney disease in both males and females.
Márta SárközyFanni Magdolna MárványköviGergő SzűcsZsuzsanna Z A KovácsMárton Richárd SzabóRenáta GáspárAndrea SiskaBence KőváriGábor CserniImre FöldesiTamás CsontPublished in: Biology of sex differences (2021)
The infarct size-limiting effect of IPRE was preserved in both sexes in CKD despite the more severe uremic cardiomyopathy in male CKD rats. Further research is needed to identify crucial molecular mechanisms in the cardioprotective effect of IPRE in CKD.