Compensatory Upregulation of Anti-Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Antibody Levels Might Prevent Heart Failure Presentation in Pediatric Myocarditis

• Egile Nagusiak: Franziska Seidel (Egilea), Carmen Scheibenbogen (Egilea), Harald Heidecke (Egilea), Bernd Opgen-Rhein (Egilea), Thomas Pickardt (Egilea), Karin Klingel (Egilea), Felix Berger (Egilea), Daniel Messroghli (Egilea), Stephan Schubert (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundMyocarditis can be associated with severe heart failure and is caused by different inflammatory and autoimmune responses. The aim of this study was to describe the immunological response in children with myocarditis by analyzing anti-beta-adrenergic receptor antibodies (anti-β-AR Abs).Meth...