ArticleCytokine2011
Do cardiomyocytes mount an immune response to Group A Streptococcus?
Article in Cytokine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Cardiac myocyte dysfunction induced by streptolysin O is membrane pore and calcium dependent.Shock (Augusta, Ga.) · 2015Article
- Inflammation, myocardial dysfunction, and mortality in children with septic shock: an observational study.Pediatric cardiology · 2014Observational
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Abstract
Some patients with Group A Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (StrepTSS) develop a unique form of cardiomyopathy characterized by global hypokinesia and reduced cardiac index. Here we investigated the immune responses of cardiomyocytes to Group A Streptococcus both in vivo and in vitro. Our data demonstrate that cardiomyocyte-derived cytokines are produced following both direct GAS stimulation and after exposure to GAS-activated inflammatory cells. These locally produced, cardiomyocyte-derived cytokines may mediate cardiac contractile dysfunction observed in patients with StrepTSS-associated cardiomyopathy and may hold the key to our ability to attenuate this severe complication.
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