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SUBMITTER: Strassheim D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6745095 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Strassheim Derek D Dempsey Edward C EC Gerasimovskaya Evgenia E Stenmark Kurt K Karoor Vijaya V
Journal of immunology research 20190902
Inflammation is a well-known feature of heart failure. Studies have shown that while some inflammation is required for repair during injury and is protective, prolonged inflammation leads to myocardial remodeling and apoptosis of cardiac myocytes. Various types of immune cells are implicated in myocardial inflammation and include neutrophils, macrophages, eosinophils, mast cells, natural killer cells, T cells, and B cells. Recent clinical trials have targeted inflammatory cascades as therapy for ...[more]