Iguratimod Alleviates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Through Inhibiting Inflammatory Response Induced by Cardiac Fibroblast Pyroptosis via COX2/NLRP3 Signaling Pathway
Background: NLRP3 inflammasome contributes a lot to sterile inflammatory response and pyroptosis in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury.Cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) are regarded as semi-professional inflammatory cells and they exert an immunomodulatory role in heart.Iguratimod provides a protective role in several human diseases through exerting a power