T cell costimulation blockade blunts pressure overload-induced heart failure

Abatacept is an FDA-approved drug used for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Here the authors show that abatacept reduces cardiomyocyte death in a mouse model of heart failure by inhibiting activation and heart infiltration of T cells and macrophages, an effect mediated by IL-10, suggesting a poten...

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Main Authors: Marinos Kallikourdis, Elisa Martini, Pierluigi Carullo, Claudia Sardi, Giuliana Roselli, Carolina M. Greco, Debora Vignali, Federica Riva, Anne Marie Ormbostad Berre, Tomas O. Stølen, Andrea Fumero, Giuseppe Faggian, Elisa Di Pasquale, Leonardo Elia, Cristiano Rumio, Daniele Catalucci, Roberto Papait, Gianluigi Condorelli
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/73c739f75c0e45a385907278d0b7888b
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