Autoantibodies in Chagas' cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias

Autoimmunity

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 205-210

  Chiale, Pablo A ^a   Ferrari, Ines ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMOS MEJÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Arrhythmias; Cardiomyopathy; Chagas' heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AUTOANTIBODY; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLIC AMP; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; METOPROLOL FUMARATE; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONOTROPISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART DILATATION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOADSORPTION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW; SERUM; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0035712494     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916930109007386     Document Type: Review

References (12)

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2. Antibodies to ribosomal P proteins of T. cruzi in Chagas' disease possess functional autoreactivity with heart tissue and differ from anti-P autoantibodies in Lupus
3. Beta adrenergic effect of antibodies from chagasic patients and normal human lymphocytes on isolated rat atria
4. Autoimmunity in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Characterization of antibodies against the β-adrenoceptor with positive chronotropic effect
5. Structural and functional analysis of the B cell epitopes recognized by anti-receptor autoantibodies in patients with Chagas' disease
6. Cholinergic autoantibodies in sinus node dysfunction
7. Sera from chagasic patients with complex cardiac arrhythmias depress electrogenesis and conduction in isolated rabbit hearts
8. Autoantibodies activating human β1-adrenergic receptors are associated with reduced cardiac function in chronic heart failure
9. Agonist-like activity of anti-peptide antibodies directed against an autoimmune epitope on the heart muscarinic acetylcholine receptor
10. Peptides derived from cardiovascular G-protein-coupled reeptors induce morphological cardiomyophathic changes in immunized rabbits
11. Treatment of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy by IgG immunoadsorption
12. Humoral autoimmune response in Chagas' disease: Trypanosoma cruzi ribosomal antigens as immunazing agents