Viral myocarditis from the perspective of the virus

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2615-2624

  Yajima, Toshitaka ^a   Knowlton, Kirk U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Immune system; Myocarditis; Viruses

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERFERON; JANUS KINASE; LIGAND; RNA HELICASE; STAT PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; VIRUS RECEPTOR;

ADENOVIRUS; COXSACKIE VIRUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME REPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; ENTEROVIRUS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LATENCY;

ANIMALS; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MICE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; RNA HELICASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 66349128242     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.766022     Document Type: Review

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