METHODS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AGE-RELATED CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASES

摘要

The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of age-related cardiometabolic diseases. The inventors identified osteopontin (OPN) as a critical mediator of adipose tissue remodeling and senescence in obesity and extends this observation to related co-morbidities such as cardiomyopathy. Said result raises the possibility that inhibition of OPN activity may be of value in the prevention of cardiometabolic disease, in particular metabolic cardiomyopathy for which no specific treatment is yet available. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of treating an age-related cardiometabolic disease in an elderly subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an osteopontin (OPN) inhibitor.