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Title
The innate immune system in chronic cardiomyopathy: a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) scientific statement from the Working Group on Myocardial Function of the ESC
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Abstract
Activation of the immune system in heart failure (HF) has been recognized for over 20 years. Initially, experimental studies demonstrated a maladaptive role of the immune system. However, several phase III trials failed to show beneficial effects in HF with therapies directed against an immune activation. Preclinical studies today describe positive and negative effects of immune activation in HF. These different effects depend on timing and aetiology of HF. Therefore, herein we give a detailed review on immune mechanisms and their importance for the development of HF with a special focus on commonalities and differences between different forms of cardiomyopathies. The role of the immune system in ischaemic, hypertensive, diabetic, toxic, viral, genetic, peripartum, and autoimmune cardiomyopathy is discussed in depth. Overall, initial damage to the heart leads to disease specific activation of the immune system whereas in the chronic phase of HF overlapping mechanisms occur in different aetiologies.
Language
English
Source (journal)
European journal of heart failure. - Place of publication unknown
Publication
Hoboken : Wiley , 2018
ISSN
1388-9842 [Print]
1879-0844 [Online]
DOI
10.1002/EJHF.1138
Volume/pages
20 :3 (2018) , p. 445-459
ISI
000428392800009
Pubmed ID
29333691
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UAntwerpen
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Creation 04.05.2018
Last edited 09.10.2023
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