TRANSLATION OF THE TREG/TH17 IMMUNOPHENOTYPE IN HUMAN AUTOIMMUNE MYOCARDITIS

Myocarditis is an autoimmune inflammatory heart disease which may lead to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Cardiac myosin is the target of autoantibody responses in myocarditis and is important in induction of experimental autoimmune myocarditis in animal models. Although autoantibodies against cardiac