Synergistic cardioprotective effects of melatonin and deferoxamine through the improvement of ferritinophagy in doxorubicin-induced acute cardiotoxicity.

Ferritinophagy is one of the most recent molecular mechanisms affecting cardiac function. In addition, it is one of the pathways by which doxorubicin, one of the anticancer drugs commonly used, negatively impacts the cardiac muscle, leading to cardiac function impairment. This side effect limits the use of doxorubicin.