Autoimmune myocarditis: a paradigm of post-infection autoimmune disease

Active Myocarditis in the Spectrum of Acute Dilated Cardiomyopathies

1985 • 563 citations

Cardiac myosin induces myocarditis in genetically predisposed mice.

1987 • 507 citations

Involvement of T Lymphocytes in the Pathogenesis of Coxsackie Virus B3 Heart Disease

1974 • 310 citations

AUTOANTIBODIES ARE ANTI-IDIOTYPE ANTIBODIES TO ANTIVIRAL ANTIBODIES

1983 • 257 citations

Coxsackievirus B-3 myocarditis in Balb/c mice. Evidence for autoimmunity to myocyte antigens.

1984 • 243 citations

The Post-Myocardial-Infarction Syndrome

1959 • 243 citations

Autoantibodies specific for the cardiac myosin isoform are found in mice susceptible to Coxsackievirus B3-induced myocarditis.

1987 • 224 citations

Epitopes of streptococcal M proteins shared with cardiac myosin.

1985 • 222 citations

Immunological analysis of auto-antibodies against the adenine nucleotide translocator in dilated cardiomyopathy

1985 • 214 citations

Myosin: A Link Between Streptococci and Heart

1985 • 214 citations

Chagasic Cardiopathy

1974 • 204 citations

Diagnostic relevance of humoral and cytotoxic immune reactions in primary and secondary dilated cardiomyopathy

1983 • 204 citations

Variations in the susceptibility to Coxsackievirus B3-induced myocarditis among different strains of mice.

1986 • 203 citations

Myocardial diseases of animals.

1986 • 156 citations

Heart-specific autoantibodies following murine coxsackievirus B3 myocarditis.

1985 • 148 citations

Virus-Induced Autoimmunity: Monoclonal Antibodies That React with Endocrine Tissues

1983 • 143 citations

Coxsackievirus B-3 myocarditis. Identification of different pathogenic mechanisms in DBA/2 and Balb/c mice.

1986 • 138 citations

Mimetic Relationships Between Group A Streptococci And Mammalian Tissues

1967 • 134 citations

Heart-specific autoantibodies induced by Coxsackievirus B3: Identification of heart autoantigens

1987 • 122 citations

Coxsackievirus B3murine myocarditis: A pathologic spectrum of myocarditis in genetically defined inbred strains

1987 • 114 citations

IMMUNOLOGIC STUDIES OF HEART TISSUE

1961 • 109 citations

A study of anti-group A streptococcal monoclonal antibodies cross-reactive with myosin.

1986 • 105 citations

Coxsackievirus induced myocarditis in mice: cardiac myosin autoantibodies do not cross-react with the virus.

1987 • 103 citations

Assessment of Cell-Mediated Hypersensitivity against Coxsackievirus B3 Viral-Induced Myocarditis Utilizing Hypertonic Salt Extracts of Cardiac Tissue

1978 • 70 citations

Autoimmunity and autoimmune disease

1988 • 69 citations

Coxsackievirus B3 murine myocarditis: Wide pathologic spectrum in genetically defined inbred strains

1985 • 53 citations

Sex-related differences in the rapid production of cytotoxic spleen cells active against uninfected myofibers during Coxsackievirus B-3 infection.

1981 • 44 citations

Organ specificity of the heart. I. Animal immunization with heterologous heart.

1961 • 41 citations

Fractionation and Immunologic Assessment of KCl-Extracted Cardiac Antigens in Coxsackievirus B3 Virus-Induced Myocarditis

1979 • 41 citations

Autoimmunity: Experimental and clinical aspects

1987 • 31 citations

Autoimmunity to heart and its relation to heart disease.

1969 • 25 citations

Heart cross-reactive antigens of mutans streptococci share epitopes with group A streptococci and myosin.

1988 • 24 citations

Organ Specificity of the Heart

1961 • 23 citations

Demonstration of suppressor cells in coxsackievirus group B, type 3 infected female Balb/c mice which prevent myocarditis

1986 • 22 citations

Organ specificity of the heart, II. Immunization of rabbits with homologous heart.

1961 • 20 citations

THE ROLE OF THE THYMUS IN SPONTANEOUS AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS*

1975 • 17 citations

The Role of Heart Binding Antibodies in Rheumatic Fever

1983 • 15 citations

IMMUNITY AND IMMUNOTOLERANCE TO BOVINE HEART ANTIGENS IN THE RAT.

1964 • 14 citations

Virus myocarditis: Molecular hybridization allows the detection of virus-RNA in heart muscle after virus infection

1985 • 12 citations

Dilated cardiomyopathy: Emerging role of endomyocardial biopsy

1986 • 9 citations

Organ Specificity of the Heart

1961 • 8 citations