Formation of the inflammasome during cardiac allograft rejection

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Dec 15:201:328-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.070. Epub 2015 Aug 8.

Authors

Keyur B Shah¹, Adolfo Gabriele Mauro¹, Maureen Flattery¹, Stefano Toldo¹, Antonio Abbate²

Affiliations

¹ VCU Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
² VCU Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA. Electronic address: aabbate@mcvh-vcu.edu.

PMID: 26301674
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.070

No abstract available

Keywords: Heart transplantation; Inflammasome; Myocarditis; Rejection.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Aged
Cytokines / immunology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / pathology
Fluorescent Antibody Technique / methods
Graft Rejection / immunology*
Graft Rejection / pathology
Heart / physiopathology
Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
Humans
Inflammasomes / biosynthesis*
Inflammasomes / immunology
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardium / immunology*
Myocardium / pathology
Myocytes, Cardiac / immunology
Myocytes, Cardiac / pathology

Substances

Cytokines
Inflammasomes