Interleukin-13 reduces cardiac injury and prevents heart dysfunction in viral myocarditis via enhanced M2 macrophage polarization
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Viral myocarditis is one of the major causes of congestive heart failure and dilated cardiomyopathy. Recent reports have demonstrated an essential role of cytokines, like interleukin-13 (IL-13), in the pathogenesis of viral myocarditis, while the underlying mechanisms remain poorly defined. Here, using a coxsackie virus B3 (CVB3)-infection model in BALB/C mice, we showed that IL-13 protected mouse heart function in viral myocarditis, seemingly through reduction in T lymphocyte immunity and induction of M2 macrophage polarization. Adoptive transfer to M2 macrophages mimicked the effects of IL-13 on protection from myocarditis, suggesting that the effects of IL-13 may be primarily through regulation of macrophage polarization. Together, our data suggest that application of IL-13 treatment may reduce cardiac Injury and protect heart function in viral myocarditis via enhanced M2 macrophage polarization.
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