Type 1 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association and American Diabetes Association

SD De Ferranti, IH De Boer, V Fonseca, CS Fox… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
(CVD) in individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), the pathophysiology underlying
the relationship between cardiovascular events, CVD risk factors, and T1DM is not well …

Foxp3+CD25+CD4+ natural regulatory T cells in dominant self‐tolerance and autoimmune disease

S Sakaguchi, M Ono, R Setoguchi, H Yagi… - Immunological …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Naturally arising CD25+ CD4+ regulatory T (Treg) cells, most of which are produced by the
normal thymus as a functionally mature T‐cell subpopulation, play key roles in the …

T cells specific for α-myosin drive immunotherapy-related myocarditis

ML Axelrod, WC Meijers, EM Screever, J Qin… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Immune-related adverse events, particularly severe toxicities such as myocarditis, are major
challenges to the utility of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in anticancer therapy. The …

Immune-checkpoint inhibitor-mediated myocarditis: CTLA4, PD1 and LAG3 in the heart

AZ Munir, A Gutierrez, J Qin, AH Lichtman… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized oncology, with nearly 50% of all
patients with cancer eligible for treatment with ICIs. However, patients on ICI therapy are at …

Myocarditis in humans and in experimental animal models

P Błyszczuk - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Myocarditis is defined as an inflammation of the cardiac muscle. In humans, various
infectious and non-infectious triggers induce myocarditis with a broad spectrum of …

Impaired thymic tolerance to α-myosin directs autoimmunity to the heart in mice and humans

HJ Lv, E Havari, S Pinto… - The Journal of …, 2011 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Autoimmunity has long been linked to myocarditis and its sequela, dilated cardiomyopathy,
the leading causes of heart failure in young patients. However, the underlying mechanisms …

Clinical Characteristics and Mechanisms of Acute Myocarditis

S Heymans, S Van Linthout, SM Kraus… - Circulation …, 2024 - ahajournals.org
Myocarditis is defined by an immune response to infection or injury, most commonly
identified after a viral infection or recent exposure to cardiotoxins or drugs. Classic …

Programmed death ligand 1 regulates a critical checkpoint for autoimmune myocarditis and pneumonitis in MRL mice

JA Lucas, J Menke, WA Rabacal… - The Journal of …, 2008 - journals.aai.org
Abstract MRL/MpJ-Fas lpr (MRL-Fas lpr) mice develop a spontaneous T cell and
macrophage-dependent autoimmune disease that shares features with human lupus …

[PDF][PDF] Inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMI)

B Maisch, A Richter, A Sandmöller, I Portig… - Herz, 2005 - academia.edu
Cardiomyopathies are heart muscle diseases, which have been defined by their central
hemodynamics and macropathology and divided in five major forms: dilated (DCM) …

Cooperation of T h1 and T h17 cells determines transition from autoimmune myocarditis to dilated cardiomyopathy

V Nindl, R Maier, D Ratering, R De Giuli… - European journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Myocarditis is a potentially lethal inflammatory heart disease of children and young adults
that frequently leads to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Since diagnostic procedures and …