The present invention provides for methods of treating and preventing muscle atrophy, cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure and/or primary pulmonary hypertension linked to a family of serotonin receptors called 5-HT2 receptors. The present invention further demonstrates that modulators of 5-HT2 receptors can inhibit or treat muscle atrophy, heart failure, cardiac hypertrophy, and/or primary pulmonary hypertension.
本发明提供了治疗和预防肌肉萎缩、心脏肥大、心力衰竭和/或原发性肺动脉高压的方法,这些疾病与称为 5-HT2 受体的
血清素受体家族有关。本发明进一步证明,5-HT2 受体的调节剂可以抑制或治疗肌肉萎缩、心力衰竭、心脏肥大和/或原发性肺动脉高压。