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Myocarditis, microbes and autoimmunity.

J Lindsay Whitton1, Ralph Feuer

  • 1Department of Neuropharmacology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. lwhitton@scripps.edu

Autoimmunity
|December 29, 2004
PubMed
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Infectious myocarditis, often difficult to treat, involves microbes in the heart. This review questions autoimmunity as the primary cause of heart damage, proposing alternative explanations for tissue destruction.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Diseases

Background:

  • Myocarditis, encompassing acute and chronic forms, stems from diverse infectious agents like viruses, bacteria, and protozoa.
  • Current treatments for myocarditis are often ineffective, highlighting the need for deeper mechanistic understanding to develop targeted therapies.
  • Understanding the pathological inflammatory responses is crucial for advancing myocarditis treatment strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review three distinct infectious myocarditides with shared characteristics.
  • To critically evaluate the proposed role of autoimmunity in myocarditis pathogenesis.
  • To propose alternative mechanisms for myocardial damage in infectious myocarditis.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of infectious myocarditides.

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  • Analysis of common features across different infectious myocarditides.
  • Critical evaluation of existing data on autoimmune responses in myocarditis.

    • Main Results:

    • Identified common features in three infectious myocarditides: cardiac microbial replication, difficulty in isolating infectious agents during chronic disease, and presence of autoreactive antibodies and T cells.
    • Challenged the prevailing hypothesis that autoreactive responses are the main effectors of cell death and myocardial damage.
    • Highlighted the need to reconcile findings without solely relying on autoimmunity as an effector mechanism.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed role of autoimmunity in infectious myocarditis requires re-evaluation.
    • Alternative hypotheses for myocardial tissue destruction in infectious myocarditis are presented.
    • Further research is needed to elucidate the precise mechanisms underlying infectious myocarditis and guide therapeutic development.