Habibeh Shirmohammali

[ 1 ] - Role of mineralocorticoid receptors in the mediation of acute effects of hydrocortisone in isolated ischemic rat heart

Introduction: Cardiac preconditioning is an important method to reduce the damage caused by prolonged ischemia. Previous studies have shown that corticosteroids have protective effects on the heart, however at high concentrations this effect may be reduced with unknown mechanisms. We hypothesize that the contradictory effects of hydrocortisone at high concentration may be mediated via minera...