Interleukin-23 Deficiency Leads to Impaired Wound Healing and Adverse Prognosis After Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Konstantinos Savvatis,
Kathleen Pappritz,
Peter Moritz Becher,
Diana Lindner,
Christin Zietsch,
HansDieter Volk,
Dirk Westermann,
HeinzPeter Schultheiss,
Carsten Tschöpe
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
circulation heart failure
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1941-3297
pISSN - 1941-3289
DOI - 10.1161/circheartfailure.113.000604
Subject(s) - medicine , proinflammatory cytokine , inflammation , myocardial infarction , myofibroblast , wound healing , endocrinology , cytokine , immunology , fibrosis
CD4+ cells are implicated in the healing process after myocardial infarction (MI). We sought to investigate the role of interleukin-23 (IL-23) deficiency, a cytokine important in differentiation of CD4+ cells, in scar formation of the ischemic heart.
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