The present invention provides an inhibitor of an ADAMTS proteoglycanase for use in treating or preventing cardiac remodeling or for use in treating or preventing heart failure in a subject. In particular, the present invention provides an inhibitor of ADAMTS4 or ADAMTS5 for use in treating or preventing cardiac remodeling or chronic heart failure in a subject with cardiac remodeling or with chronic heart failure, or with a condition that may lead to cardiac remodeling and/or chronic heart failure. Also provided is a method of treating or preventing cardiac remodeling or treating or preventing heart failure which method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of an ADAMTS proteoglycanase. Also provided is the use of an inhibitor of an ADAMTS proteoglycanase in the manufacture of a medicament for treating or preventing cardiac remodeling or treating or preventing heart failure.
本发明提供了一种A
DAMTS蛋白聚糖酶
抑制剂,用于治疗或预防心脏重塑或用于治疗或预防受试者的心力衰竭。特别是,本发明提供了一种A
DAMTS4或A
DAMTS5的
抑制剂,用于治疗或预防患有心脏重塑或慢性心力衰竭或可能导致心脏重塑和/或慢性心力衰竭的病症的受试者的心脏重塑或慢性心力衰竭。还提供了一种治疗或预防心脏重塑或治疗或预防心衰的方法,该方法包括向有需要的受试者施用治疗有效量的 A
DAMTS 蛋白聚糖酶
抑制剂。还提供了一种A
DAMTS蛋白聚糖酶
抑制剂在制造治疗或预防心脏重塑或治疗或预防心衰的药物中的用途。