Cardiac Fibroblasts Aggravate Viral Myocarditis: Cell Specific Coxsackievirus B3 Replication

• Main Authors: Diana Lindner (Author), Jia Li (Author), Konstantinos Savvatis (Author), Karin Klingel (Author), Stefan Blankenberg (Author), Carsten Tschöpe (Author), Dirk Westermann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease caused by viral infection. Different subpopulations of leukocytes enter the cardiac tissue and lead to severe cardiac inflammation associated with myocyte loss and remodeling. Here, we study possible cell sources for viral replication using three compartments o...