Immunologic regulator and effector functions in perimyocarditis, postmyocarditic heart muscle disease and dilated cardiomyopathy

Restriction of in vitro T cell-mediated cytotoxicity in lymphocytic choriomeningitis within a syngeneic or semiallogeneic system

1974 • 2,058 citations

Viral myocarditis. A review.

1980 • 810 citations

Report of the WHO/ISFC task force on the definition and classification of cardiomyopathies.

1980 • 731 citations

Active Myocarditis in the Spectrum of Acute Dilated Cardiomyopathies

1985 • 563 citations

Suppressor function of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in normal individuals and in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

1977 • 436 citations

Diagnosis and Classification of Myocarditis by Endomyocardial Biopsy

1983 • 339 citations

Treatment of acute inflammatory myocarditis assisted by endomyocardial biopsy

1980 • 293 citations

Antibodies to Coxsackie B viruses in congestive cardiomyopathy.

1979 • 244 citations

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

1984 • 243 citations

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

1983 • 204 citations

ADULT HEART DISEASE DUE TO THE COXSACKIE VIRUS B INFECTION

1968 • 188 citations

Defective in vitro suppressor cell function in idiopathic congestive cardiomyopathy.

1979 • 178 citations

Progress in Cardiology

1985 • 176 citations

Diagnostic relevance of humoral and cell-mediated immune reactions in patients with acute viral myocarditis.

1982 • 175 citations

Suppressor Lymphocytes in Young and Aged Humans

1977 • 169 citations

Demonstration of organ specific antibodies against heart mitochondria (anti-M7) in sera from patients with some forms of heart diseases.

1984 • 155 citations

Reduced suppressor cell activity in congestive cardiomyopathy and in myocarditis.

1982 • 145 citations

DEFICIENT NATURAL KILLER CELL ACTIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

1982 • 140 citations

Acute myocarditis. Role of histological and virological examination in the diagnosis and assessment of immunosuppressive treatment.

1984 • 139 citations

The role of viruses in the production of heart disease

1972 • 129 citations

A six-year study of coxsackievirus B infections in heart disease

1974 • 121 citations

Lysis of infected myofibers by coxsackievirus B-3-immune T lymphocytes.

1980 • 114 citations

Generation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes during coxsackievirus tb-3 infection. II. Characterization of effector cells and demonstration cytotoxicity against viral-infected myofibers1.

1977 • 106 citations

Generation of cytotoxic T lymphocytes during coxsackievirus B-3 infection. I. Model and viral specificity1.

1977 • 96 citations

Chronic pernicious myocarditis

1960 • 64 citations

Immune reactions in tuberculous and chronic constrictive pericarditis

1982 • 59 citations

Immunologic findings in idiopathic cardiomyopathy: A prospective serial study

1973 • 55 citations

Immunologic findings in idiopathic cardiomyopathy

1969 • 54 citations

Generation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes during Coxsackievirus B-3 Infection

1977 • 52 citations

Isolation of a Coxsackie virus group B, type 5, from the heart of a fatal case of myocarditis in an adult

1969 • 48 citations

Humoral immunity in cardiomyopathy.

1983 • 46 citations

Immunoglobulin Binding in Cardiomyopathic Hearts

1971 • 46 citations

Autoantibodies and serum inhibition factors (SIF) in patients with myocarditis

1980 • 43 citations

Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity to Cardiac Cells of Lymphocytes from Patients with Primary Myocardial Disease

1979 • 42 citations

Generation of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes during Coxsackievirus B-3 Infection

1977 • 39 citations

Chick embryo plasma membrane from cardiac muscle and cultured heart cells: Isolation procedure and absence of fatty acid-activating enzymes

1977 • 38 citations

Immune reactions in infective endocarditis. II. Relevance of circulating immune complexes, serum inhibition factors, lymphocytotoxic reactions, and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity against cardiac target cells

1983 • 37 citations

Assessment of antibody mediated cytolysis of adult cardiocytes isolated by centrifugation in a continuous gradient of percollTM in patients with acute myocarditis

1981 • 37 citations

Morphologie der Myokarditis

1971 • 36 citations

Immune reactions in infective endocarditis I. Clinical data and diagnostic relevance of antimyocardial antibodies

1983 • 34 citations

Viral antibodies in patients with primary myocardial disease∗

1968 • 26 citations

Virological investigations in congestive cardiomyopathy

1978 • 25 citations

Herpes-like virus particles in myocardium of patient progressing to congestive cardiomyopathy.

1982 • 22 citations

Binding of Immunoglobulins in the Myocardium (Biopsies) in Cardiomyopathies

1980 • 18 citations

Virus-like particles associated with intracardiac ganglionitis in 2 cases of sudden unexpected death.

1981 • 17 citations

Cytotoxic lymphocytes. Mechanisms of activation and target-cell destruction.

1971 • 16 citations

Endomyocardial Biopsy Diagnosis of Myocarditis and Changes Following Immunsuppressive Treatment

1984 • 15 citations

Auto-Antik�rper gegen Herzmuskelsarkolemm im Serum von Patienten mit prim�rer Cardiomyopathie

1975 • 13 citations

Autoantibodies Against the Adenine Nucleotide Translocator in Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy

1984 • 12 citations

Cardiocytolysis by Sera of Patients Suffering from Acute Perimyocarditis

1984 • 11 citations

Cytotoxic Lymphocytes

1971 • 10 citations

Humorale immunologische Effektormechanismen bei Perimyokarditis

1983 • 9 citations

[Humoral immunologic effector mechanisms in perimyocarditis].

1984 • 7 citations