Mouse models of autoimmune diseases - autoimmune myocarditis

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Anna-Maria MullerZiya Kaya

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in industrialized nations worldwide. Of all deaths resulting from cardiovascular diseases, 2% are caused by inflammatory heart disease; specifically, myocarditis. The etiology causing myocarditis still remains unclear. Both infectious and non-infectious factors are capable of triggering myocarditis. Acute myocarditis manifests itself in a variety of ways ranging from subclinical disease to sudden heart failure, as well as the occurrence of chest pain, palpitations, and syncope. Myocarditis can lead to dilated cardiomyopathy, this being the most frequent cause for heart transplantation. Since the underlying mechanism and the pathways behind the disease initiation and progression still need to be elucidated, the need for mouse models simulating the human disease is evident. Various mouse models are frequently used to study myocarditis. Inflammation of the myocardium as a result of infectious agents can be investigated with a widely used animal model where mice are infected with coxsackievirus B3. For autoimmune (non-viral) myocarditis, several mouse models (including induction with myosin or troponin I) have been established to better understand the role of autoantibodies and...Continue Reading

Citations

Apr 8, 2016·Journal of Molecular Medicine : Official Organ of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher Und Ärzte·Lianhua YanZhaohui Wang
Sep 17, 2016·Clinical Immunology : the Official Journal of the Clinical Immunology Society·Anna-Maria MüllerZiya Kaya
Dec 13, 2017·The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists·Bharathi KrishnanJay Reddy
Jan 23, 2019·Heart Failure Reviews·Jae Gyun OhKiyotake Ishikawa
Jun 18, 2017·Frontiers in Immunology·Ralf J LudwigFalk Nimmerjahn
Jun 2, 2018·Journal of Immunology Research·Lifang Zhao, Zhaoying Fu
Jul 27, 2021·Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine·Lujin WuDao Wen Wang

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