Nasal administration of cardiac myosin suppresses autoimmune myocarditis in mice
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Nasal administration of cardiac myosin suppresses autoimmune myocarditis in mice.
OBJECTIVES This study was designed to examine whether myocarditis induced in a mouse model can be effectively suppressed by nasal administration of cardiac myosin (CM). BACKGROUND Myocarditis in humans often follows viral infection and is accompanied by evidence of an autoimmune response to CM. Treatment has been hampered by the fact that measures undertaken to reduce the autoimmune response ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00939-6