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. 2019 Oct 11;317(6):H1183–H1193. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00504.2019

Table 4.

Therapeutic interventions

Human Barth Patients TAZKD Mouse Model
Gene replacement ModRNA (full-length human tafazzin cDNA) in Barth iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes
AAV-mediated gene therapy tested in dermal fibroblasts
Cardiomyopathy reversible when DOX inducer is removed
Des-TAZ vector gene therapy
AAV9-TAZ gene therapy
CL-Nanodisk as lipid replacement therapy
Pharmacological Bezafibrate tested in lymphocytes and current clinical trials
Resveratrol tested in lymphocytes
Elamipretide clinical trials
MitoTempo (antioxidant) tested in iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes
Linoleic acid tested in fibroblasts and iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes
Bezafibrate
ROS scavengers
Cardiovascular Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi), angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB), β-blockers
Berlin EXCOR device
Heart transplant
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators
Skeletal myopathy Exercise training Endurance training
Neutropenia Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF)
References 13, 36, 65, 84, 85, 88, 92, 96, 99, 101 1, 32, 33, 71, 78, 88, 89, 92, 99

AAV, adeno-associated virus; CL, cardiolipin; DOX, doxycycline; iPSC, induced pluripotent stem cells; TAZ, tafazzin; TAZKD, knock down expression of tafazzin mRNA.