Cannabidiol Limits T Cell-Mediated Chronic Autoimmune Myocarditis: Implications to Autoimmune Disorders and Organ Transplantation

• Main Authors: Wen-Shin Lee (Author), Katalin Erdelyi (Author), Csaba Matyas (Author), Partha Mukhopadhyay (Author), Zoltan V Varga (Author), Lucas Liaudet (Author), György Haskó (Author), Daniela Čiháková (Author), Raphael Mechoulam (Author), Pal Pacher (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Myocarditis is a major cause of heart failure and sudden cardiac death in young adults and adolescents. Many cases of myocarditis are associated with autoimmune processes in which cardiac myosin is a major autoantigen. Conventional immunosuppressive therapies often provide unsatisfactory re...