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ReviewJournal of cardiovascular translational research2014

Relevance of molecular mimicry in the mediation of infectious myocarditis.

Chandirasegaran Massilamany, Sally A Huber, Madeleine W Cunningham, Jay Reddy

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Review in Journal of cardiovascular translational research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The Immunopathogenesis of uveitis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026
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  7. COVID-19, Myocarditis and Pericarditis.Circulation research · 2023
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  10. A Toolbox of Potential Immune-Related Therapies for Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2021
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  20. Molecular mimicry and clonal deletion: A fresh look.Journal of theoretical biology · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chandirasegaran MassilamanySchool of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Room 202, Bldg VBS, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA.
Sally A Huber
Madeleine W Cunningham
Jay Reddy
University of Nebraska–Lincoln · USUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · USUniversity of Vermont · US

Funding

AUTOIMMUNE DETERMINANTS OF HUMAN CARDIAC MYOSINR01HL056267 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI COOPER, LESLIE T, CUNNINGHAM, MADELEINE W. · 1997 to 2013
$4.7M
Tregulatory cells in myocarditisR01HL108371 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI HUBER, SALLY A · 2011 to 2014
$1.5M
Autoimmunity in the Mediation of Infectious MyocarditisR01HL114669 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI REDDY, JAY · 2013 to 2016
$1.4M
Autoimmune Determinants of Human Cardiac MyosinR56HL056267 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI COOPER, LESLIE T, CUNNINGHAM, MADELEINE W. · 2008 to 2015
$933k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL108371NHLBI NIH HHS HL114669NHLBI NIH HHS HL56267NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL056267NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL108371NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL114669NHLBI NIH HHS R56 HL056267
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heart disease, the leading cause of death in humans, is estimated to affect one in four American adults in some form. One predominant cause of heart failure in young adults is myocarditis, which can lead to the development of dilated cardiomyopathy, a major indication for heart transplantation. Environmental microbes, including viruses, bacteria, and fungi that are otherwise innocuous, have the potential to induce inflammatory heart disease. As the list is growing, it is critical to determine the mechanisms by which microbes can trigger heart autoimmunity and, importantly, to identify their target antigens. This is especially true as microbes showing structural similarities with the cardiac antigens can predispose to heart autoimmunity by generating cross-reactive immune responses. In this review, we discuss the relevance of molecular mimicry in the mediation of infectious myocarditis.

Indexed as

AutoimmunityEpitopesMolecular MimicryAnimalsAntigens, BacterialAntigens, ViralCross ReactionsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMyocarditisRisk FactorsAntigens, BacterialAntigens, ViralEpitopes

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PMID24263348
PMCPMC3943813
OpenAlexW2131457857

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