Immunomodulatory effect of pentoxifylline in suppressing experimental autoimmune myocarditis

H Takehana, T Inomata, H Niwano, M Nishii… - Circulation …, 2002 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Immunomodulatory Effect of Pentoxifylline in Suppressing Experimental Autoimmune
Myocarditis Page 1 iologically active molecules are important in the pathogenesis of heart …

Therapy of ischemic cardiomyopathy with the immunomodulating agent pentoxifylline: results of a randomized study

K Sliwa, A Woodiwiss, VN Kone, G Candy… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Inflammatory immune activation commonly occurs in heart failure and may
perpetuate this syndrome. We sought to determine whether the immunomodulating agent …

Effects of cyclosporine, prednisolone and aspirin on rat autoimmune giant cell myocarditis

S Zhang, M Kodama, H Hanawa, T Izumi… - Journal of the American …, 1993 - Elsevier
Objectives. Preventive effects of cyclosporine, prednisolone and aspirin on autoimmune
giant cell myocarditis in rats were investigated. Background. The therapeutic efficacy of …

Effects of 15-deoxyspergualin on experimental autoimmune giant cell myocarditis of the rat

M Kodama, S Zhang, H Hanawa, M Saeki, T Inomata… - Circulation, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The benefits of immunosuppressive therapy for human myocarditis are
controversial. The effects of a new immunosuppressant agent, 15-deoxyspergualin (DSG) …

FK506 therapy of experimental autoimmune myocarditis after onset of the disease

M Kodama, H Hanawa, S Zhang, M Saeki… - American heart …, 1993 - Elsevier
Preventive effects of FK506 on autoimmune myocarditis have been demonstrated, but the
therapeutic efficacy of the agent in established myocarditis yet remains to be assessed. In …

An immunosuppressant compound, FK-506, prevents the progression of autoimmune myocarditis in rats

H Hanawa, M Kodama, S Zhang, T Izumi… - Clinical immunology and …, 1992 - Elsevier
A new immunosuppressive compound, FK-506, is a macrolide produced by Streptomyces
tsukubaensis. It is reported that FK-506 prolongs the viability of allogenic grafts of the heart …

Experimental autoimmune myocarditis in the guinea pig

JD Hosenpud, SM Campbell, MV Hart… - Cardiovascular …, 1985 - academic.oup.com
Male and female guinea pigs underwent immunisation with heterologous heart protein (rat
heart), complete Freund's adjuvant and pertussis vaccine (immunised) or normal saline …

Beneficial effects of dimethyl fumarate on experimental autoimmune myocarditis

M Milenković, N Arsenović-Ranin, D Vučićević… - Archives of medical …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Fumaric acid esters (FAE) have been proven to be effective for the systemic
treatment of psoriasis and multiple sclerosis, Th1 cell-mediated chronic inflammatory …

The effect of intravenous immunoglobulins on the progression of experimental autoimmune myocarditis in the rat

J George, I Barshack, E Malka, I Goldberg… - … and molecular pathology, 2001 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of two experimental regimes of human
intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) on the progression of experimental autoimmune …

Immunomodulating therapy in experimental myocarditis

A Matsumori, C Kawai - Springer seminars in immunopathology, 1989 - Springer
Conclusion The use of immunosuppressive therapy with prednisolone, cyclophosphamide,
cyclosporine or anti-thymocyte serum in experimental virus myocarditis induced by …