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Introduction |
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Inflammation -- a new frontier in cardiac disease and therapeutics |
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1 | (8) |
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Pathological aspects and inflammation biomarkers in cardiac diseases |
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A biomarker of inflammation in cardiovascular diseases |
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9 | (12) |
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Inflammation and coronary artery disease |
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21 | (36) |
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Inflammatory cells and their metalloproteinases in cardiac diseases |
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The role of matrix metalloproteinases in LV remodeling following myocardial infarction |
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57 | (20) |
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Matrix metalloproteinases in heart failure: evidence from experimental models |
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77 | (18) |
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Inflammatory cytokines in cardiac diseases |
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The clinical experience with anti-cytokine therapy in heart failure |
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95 | (16) |
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The role of IL-6 and related cytokines in myocardial remodeling and inflammation -- implication for cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure |
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111 | (18) |
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Toll-like receptors and the cardiovascular system |
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129 | (14) |
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The role of IL-6 in experimental and clinical heart failure |
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143 | (12) |
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Oxygen and nitrogen reactive radicals in cardiac inflammation and disease |
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Myocardial nitric oxide in cardiac remodeling |
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155 | (16) |
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Identification and role of inflammatory oxygen free radicals in cardiac ischemia and reperfusion injury |
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171 | (18) |
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The immune and complement system and cardiac diseases |
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Immune-mediated myocarditis and interleukin-10 |
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189 | (14) |
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Immunomodulation in heart failure: experimental models |
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203 | (18) |
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The role of complement in myocardial inflammation and reperfusion injury |
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221 | (30) |
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Inflammatory signaling pathways in cardiac diseases |
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The role of immune and inflammatory cytokines in ischemic preconditioning of the heart -- identification of novel cardiac cell survival signaling programs |
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251 | (20) |
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Stress-activated signals and their role in myocardial ischemia |
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271 | (22) |
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p38 MAPK in cardiac remodeling and failure: cytokine signaling and beyond |
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293 | (22) |
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Inflammation and myocarditis |
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Inflammation and myocarditis |
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315 | (10) |
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The inflammatory process in experimental myocarditis |
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325 | (12) |
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Nuclear factors in cardiac disease |
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Peroxisome proliferator activated receptors, inflammation, the vasculature and the heart |
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337 | (14) |
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Chemokines and cardiac diseases |
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Role of chemokines in the pathogenesis of congestive heart failure |
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351 | (20) |
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Neurohormonal mediators and cardiac inflammation |
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The role of endothelin-1 in myocardial inflammation and fibrosis |
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371 | (16) |
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Cyclooxygenases and cardiac diseases |
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Cyclo-oxygenase-2 and myocardial ischemia |
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387 | (12) |
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Caroline P.D. Wheeler-Jones |
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Inflammation and arrhythmias |
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Inflammation as a cause and consequence of atrial fibrillation |
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399 | (8) |
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Summary: Immune and inflammatory modulators as potential therapeutic targets for cardiac diseases |
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407 | (4) |
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Index |
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