MTOR and cardiomyopathy: On the other hand, it is also possible that mTOR inhibition attenuates a common pathological event that is shared among different types of cardiomyopathy, as suggested by its cardioprotective effects on several subtypes of cardiomyopathies in both zebrafish and mouse (Ding et al., 2011; Sciarretta et al., 2018).