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Identification of Pathogenic Cardiac CD11c + Macrophages in Nod1-Mediated Acute Coronary Arteritis
Author(s) -
Yoshitomo Motomura,
Shunsuke Kanno,
Kenichi Asano,
Masato Tanaka,
Yutaka Hasegawa,
Hideki Katagiri,
Takashi Saito,
Hiromitsu Hara,
Hisanori Nishio,
Toshiro Hara,
Sho Yamasaki
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
arteriosclerosis thrombosis and vascular biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.007
H-Index - 270
eISSN - 1524-4636
pISSN - 1079-5642
DOI - 10.1161/atvbaha.114.304846
Subject(s) - cd11c , immunology , inflammation , chemokine , ccr2 , myocarditis , biology , medicine , chemokine receptor , phenotype , biochemistry , gene
Nod1 is an intracellular pattern recognition receptor for bacterial peptidoglycan fragments. We previously reported that a synthetic Nod1 ligand, FK565, induced acute coronary arteritis in mice similar to that of Kawasaki disease. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this characteristic inflammation have remained elusive.

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