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The Therapeutic Role of Taurine in Ischaemia-Reperfusion Injury

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As a non-toxic endogenous antioxidant, the semi-essential amino acid taurine is a potential attenuator of oxidative damage such as that produced by ischaemia-reperfusion injury. Ischaemia-reperfusion injury is a well established if paradoxical phenomenon whereby ischaemic tissue, doomed to necrosis if it is not reperfused, is actually further damaged by oxidative attack when perfusion is restored.

This chapter is a review of the literature concerning therapeutic strategies in ischaemia-reperfusion injury, including non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions. There is consistent experimental evidence of an important role of taurine in ischaemia-reperfusion injury, with a clinical role emerging in human trials of taurine administered prior to coronary artery bypass grafting and heart valve surgery.

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Kingston, R. (2010). The Therapeutic Role of Taurine in Ischaemia-Reperfusion Injury. In: Cecconi, F., D'Amelio, M. (eds) Apoptosome. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3415-1_15

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