Figure 7.
Mechanistic overview. Proposed therapeutic mode of action for the antifibrotic compounds bufalin and lycorine in angiotensin II–mediated diastolic dysfunction. Treatment with the lead natural compound results in a decline in microRNA (miR) 671-5p levels in cardiac fibroblasts, which, in turn, leads to derepression of its target selenoprotein P1 (SEPP1). LV indicates left ventricular.