Cell death, proliferation and repair in human myocarditis responding to immunosuppressive therapy

Modern Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 755-765

  Frustaci, Andrea ^a,d   Chimenti, Cristina ^a,d   Pieroni, Maurizio ^b   Salvatori, Luisa ^a   Morgante, Emanuela ^a   Sale, Patrizio ^a,c   Ferretti, Elisabetta ^a   Petrangeli, Elisa ^a,c   Gulino, Alberto ^a   Russo, Matteo A ^a,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell repair; Heart failure; Immunosuppressive therapy; Myocarditis; Myofibrillolysis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CARVEDILOL; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN BETA; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MCM5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PREDNISONE;

EID: 33646867397     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800594     Document Type: Article

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