Adoptive transfer of regulatory T cells protects against Coxsackievirus B3-induced cardiac fibrosis.

BACKGROUND: Cardiac fibrogenesis in the late stage of viral myocarditis causing contractile dysfunction and ventricular dilatation, is a major pathogenic factor for the progression of myocarditis to serious cardiovascular diseases including dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and congestive heart failure (...

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Main Authors: Yanxia Cao, Wei Xu, Sidong Xiong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3762771?pdf=render