TREATMENT OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY BY ACTIVATION OF CILIARY NEURTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR

摘要

Methods are provided to treat and prevent cardiac hypertrophy and obesity-related cardiovascular diseases such as left ventricular hypertropy, hypertension, myocardial infarction, and heart failure. The methods involve administration of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF), or another agonist of CNTF receptors in myocardium.