Microvascular heart involvement in systemic autoimmune diseases: The purinergic pathway and therapeutic insights from the biology of the diseases

Enrico De Lorenzis; Elisa Gremese; Silvia Bosello; Michael Tuahier Nurmohamed; Gianfranco Sinagra; Gianfranco Ferraccioli

doi:10.1016/j.autrev.2019.02.002

Microvascular heart involvement in systemic autoimmune diseases: The purinergic pathway and therapeutic insights from the biology of the diseases

Autoimmun Rev. 2019 Apr;18(4):317-324. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2019.02.002. Epub 2019 Feb 7.

Authors

Enrico De Lorenzis¹, Elisa Gremese², Silvia Bosello¹, Michael Tuahier Nurmohamed³, Gianfranco Sinagra⁴, Gianfranco Ferraccioli⁵

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - Presidio Columbus, Rome, Italy.
² Institute of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - Presidio Columbus, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: elisa.gremese@unicatt.it.
³ Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁴ Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata and Postgraduate School of Cardiology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
⁵ Institute of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - Presidio Columbus, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: gianfranco.ferraccioli@unicatt.it.

PMID: 30743079
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2019.02.002

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Coronary artery disease; Coronary microvascular disease; Myocarditis; Purinergic signalling; Systemic autoimmune diseases.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Autoimmune Diseases / complications*
Heart / diagnostic imaging
Heart / physiopathology
Heart Diseases / complications*
Humans
Microvessels / physiopathology*
Myocarditis
Myocardium / pathology*