2019
The Cardiac Microenvironment Instructs Divergent Monocyte Fates and Functions in Myocarditis
Hou X, Chen G, Bracamonte-Baran W, Choi H, Diny N, Sung J, Hughes D, Won T, Wood M, Talor M, Hackam D, Klingel K, Davogustto G, Taegtmeyer H, Coppens I, Barin J, Čiháková D. The Cardiac Microenvironment Instructs Divergent Monocyte Fates and Functions in Myocarditis. Cell Reports 2019, 28: 172-189.e7. PMID: 31269438, PMCID: PMC6813836, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.06.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, LyCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationC-Mer Tyrosine KinaseDisease Models, AnimalFibroblastsHumansInflammationInterleukin-17MacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, KnockoutMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMonocytesMyocarditisMyocardiumParabiosisSignal TransductionTranscriptomeConceptsExperimental autoimmune myocarditisMonocyte-derived macrophagesIL-17AHeart failureCardiac fibroblastsMurine experimental autoimmune myocarditisIL-17A levelsMacrophage differentiationAutoimmune myocarditisAcute phaseCardiac fibrosisClinical correlationReceptor expressionLy6CMonocyte fateTypes of monocytesMacrophagesMyocarditisMHCIIMonocytesFibroblastsSupDifferentiationFibrosisSequalaeNon-cytotoxic Cardiac Innate Lymphoid Cells Are a Resident and Quiescent Type 2-Commited Population
Bracamonte-Baran W, Chen G, Hou X, Talor M, Choi H, Davogustto G, Taegtmeyer H, Sung J, Hackam D, Nauen D, Čiháková D. Non-cytotoxic Cardiac Innate Lymphoid Cells Are a Resident and Quiescent Type 2-Commited Population. Frontiers In Immunology 2019, 10: 634. PMID: 30984196, PMCID: PMC6450181, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInnate lymphoid cellsIL-33 productionProgenitor-like featuresLymphoid cellsType 2IL-25 receptorNatural killer cellsSubsets of leukocytesAntigen-specific receptorsILC2 expansionInflammatory ILC2sAdoptive transferCardiac inflammationIL-33Killer cellsInflammatory conditionsMouse modelHealthy humansIschemic conditionsCardiac fibroblastsGATA3 expressionILC2Pathologic environmentHealthy heartIschemia
2017
Cardiac Autoimmunity: Myocarditis
Bracamonte-Baran W, Čiháková D. Cardiac Autoimmunity: Myocarditis. Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology 2017, 1003: 187-221. PMID: 28667560, PMCID: PMC5706653, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57613-8_10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutoimmune processAdaptive T cell responsesGiant cell myocarditisT cell responsesVariable clinical presentationMonocytes/macrophagesImmunopathogenic featuresAcute complicationsAutoimmune myocarditisSystolic dysfunctionAcute myocarditisCryptic antigensHemodynamic complicationsHeart failureTreg inductionClinical presentationElectrophysiologic disturbancesHumoral responseClinical correlatesDifferent etiologiesInflammatory processImmune responseMyocarditisSpecific cytokinesChronic damage