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Low-molecular-weight tumor necrosis factor receptor p55 controls induction of autoimmune heart disease.
Feb 04 1997
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Abstract
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is involved in the pathogenesis of myocarditis and can bind to either tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNF-R) p55 or TNF-Rp75. However, it is not known which TNF-R mediates the specific functions of TNF in disease. To determine the role of the TNF/TNF-R system in chronic heart disease, we used a murine model of cardiac myosin-induced myocarditis that closely resembles the chronic stages of virus-induced myocarditis in humans.