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Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure

Biomolecular, Infectious and Immune Mechanisms

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Editors:
  1. Akira Matsumori

    1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

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Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine (DICM, volume 248)

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Table of contents (39 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introductory Chapter

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure

      • Akira Matsumori
      Pages 1-15

  3. Cytokines in Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Chemokines and Cardiovascular Diseases

      • Kouji Matsushima, Yuya Terashima, Hiroyuki Yoneyama, Makoto Haino
      Pages 17-25

    3. Negative Regulator of Cytokine Signaling (SOCS) Genes in Inflammation

      • Hideo Yasukawa, Ichiko Kinjyo, Akihiko Yoshimura
      Pages 27-38

    4. The Interleukin-6 Family of Cytokines and their Receptors in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure

      • Keiko Yamauchi-Takihara, Hisao Hirota, Masahiro Izumi, Shoko Sugiyama, Tomoyuki Hamaguchi
      Pages 39-46

    5. Animal Model of Cardiomyopathy Due to Overexpression of TNF-α

      • Toru Kubota
      Pages 47-58

  4. Autoimmunity in Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Myosin Autoreactive T Cells And Autoimmune Myocarditis. Lessons from the Disease Caused by Cardiac Myosin Peptide CM2

      • Tohru Izumi, Hitoshi Takehana, Ken Kohno, Mototsugu Nishii, Ichiro Takeuchi, Hironari Nakano et al.
      Pages 59-65

    3. Autoimmunity in Cardiomyopathies

      • Michel Noutsias, Matthias Pauschinger, Uwe Kuhl, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss
      Pages 67-81

    4. Anti-G-Protein-Coupled Cardiac Receptor Autoantibodies in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

      • Michael Fu
      Pages 83-96

    5. Clinical Significance of Circulating Cardiac Autoantibodies in Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis

      • Alida L. P. Caforio, William J. McKenna
      Pages 97-109

  5. MAst Cell Mediators and Human Diseases: Basic Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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  6. Mast Cell Mediators and Human Diseases: Basic Aspects

    1. Development of Mast Cells: Process and Regulatory Mechanisms

      • Yukihiko Kitamura, Eiichi Morii, Tomoko Jippo, Akihiko Ito
      Pages 111-120

    2. Mast Cells in Experimental Myocardial Infarction

      • Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis, Mark L. Entman
      Pages 121-132

    3. Possible Involvement of Mast Cells in the Development of Fibrosis

      • Motohiro Kurosawa, Akira Okano, Masatoshi Abe, Osamu Ishikawa, Naotomo Kanbe, Yoshiki Miyachi
      Pages 133-144

    4. Human Mast Cell Chymase and 31 Amino Acid Endothelin-1

      • Hiroshi Kido, Ping Cui, Saimoon Sharmin, Mayumi Shiota, DengFu Yao, Chunxing Lin et al.
      Pages 145-158

    5. Tryptase From Human Mast Cells

      • Lawrence B. Schwartz
      Pages 159-172

    6. Effects of the Tryptase Receptor Activating Peptide and Antibodies Against the Tryptase Receptor Par-2 on Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes in Culture

      • Gerd Wallukat, Rosemarie Morwinski, Eberhard Nissen, Johannes Müller, Friedrich C. Luft
      Pages 173-184
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Akira Matsumori

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure

  • Book Subtitle: Biomolecular, Infectious and Immune Mechanisms

  • Editors: Akira Matsumori

  • Series Title: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9264-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7438-7Published: 31 July 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-4865-8Published: 13 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-9264-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-9842

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 531

  • Topics: Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology

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