Mechanism of Metformin on LPS-Induced Bacterial Myocarditis

Metformin is commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus; however, in recent years, it was found to play a potential role in the protection of myocardial injury. In this study, we intended to investigate whether metformin had protective effects on bacterial myocarditis.We stimulated rat cardiac myoblast H9c2 cells with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and administrated with metformin. The results showed that cell viability after LPS stimulation was...