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Cardiac beta1-adrenoceptor autoantibodies in human heart disease: rationale and design of the Etiology, Titre-Course, and Survival (ETiCS) Study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20494925     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
AIMS: Evidence for a pathophysiologic relevance of autoimmunity in human heart disease has substantially increased over the past years. Conformational autoantibodies stimulating the cardiac beta1-adrenoceptor (beta1-aabs) are considered of importance in heart failure development and clinical pilot studies have shown their prognostic significance in human 'idiopathic' cardiomyopathy.
METHODS: We recently developed a novel highly sensitive fluorescence-based functional assay to detect stimulating beta1-aabs. We will use this method to assess Etiology, Titre-Course, and effect on Survival (ETiCS) of beta1-aabs in a prospective multicentre study with serial follow-up of patients after a first acute myocarditis or myocardial infarction. Several European core laboratories will jointly study the hypothesis that both disorders may trigger autoimmune reactions leading to the generation of beta1-aabs and/or other heart-directed aabs. Further, sera from healthy controls and well-characterized patient cohorts with dilated, ischaemic, or hypertensive cardiomyopathy will be analysed retrospectively for beta1-aab prevalence, incidence, persistence, and/or clearance.
CONCLUSION: ETiCS is so far the largest clinical diagnostic study projected to address cardiac autoimmunity. It attempts to unravel the pathophysiology of cardiac autoantibody formation and persistence/clearance. ETiCS will enhance current knowledge on autoimmunity in human heart disease and promote endeavours to develop novel therapies targeting cardiac aabs.
Authors:
Nikolas Deubner; Dominik Berliner; Angela Schlipp; Götz Gelbrich; Alida L P Caforio; Stephan B Felix; Michael Fu; Hugo Katus; Christiane E Angermann; Martin J Lohse; Georg Ertl; Stefan Störk; Roland Jahns;
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-05-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of heart failure     Volume:  12     ISSN:  1879-0844     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur. J. Heart Fail.     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-25     Completed Date:  2010-10-01     Revised Date:  2011-06-08    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100887595     Medline TA:  Eur J Heart Fail     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  753-62     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine I, Centre of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Würzburg, University Hospital Würzburg, Klinikstrasse 6-8, 97070 Würzburg, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Antibody Specificity / immunology
Autoantibodies / immunology*
Autoimmunity / immunology*
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / immunology*
Humans
Immunoassay / methods
Multicenter Studies as Topic
Myocardial Infarction / immunology*
Myocarditis / immunology*
Myocardium / immunology*
Patient Selection
Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1 / immunology*
Research Design*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Autoantibodies; 0/Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1
Investigator
Investigator/Affiliation:
Georg Ertl / ; Roland Jahns / ; Christiane E Angermann / ; Stefan Störk / ; Nikolas Deubner / ; Dominik Berliner / ; Martin J Lohse / ; Valérie Jahns / ; Angela Schlipp / ; Markus Löffler / ; Oana Brosteanu / ; Götz Gelbrich / ; Christiane Prettin / ; Birgit Saumer / ; Reinhard Kandolf / ; Karin Klingel / ; Wolfgang Bauer / ; Gerhard Herrmann / ; Judith Stürmer / ; Matthias Pauschinger / ; René Lerch / ; Heribert Schunkert / ; Thomas Hünig / ; Thomas Kerkau / ; Niklas Beyersdorf / ; Vladimir Kocoski / ; Alida L P Caforio / ; Stephan B Felix / ; Michael Fu / ; Thomas J Dengler / ; Ralf Dechend / ; Rainer Dietz / ; Felix Mehrhof / ; Cemil Ozcelik / ; Maximilian Posch / ; Hans-Peter Schultheiss / ; Uwe Kühl / ; Ralf Dechend / ; Dominik N Müller / ; Raimund Erbel / ; Gerd Hasenfuss / ; Burkert Pieske / ; Rolf Wachter / ; Frank Edelmann / ; Michael Fu / ; Stephan B Felix / ; Alexander Staudt / ; Hugo Katus / ; Ziya Kaya / ; Bernhard Maisch / ; Sabine Pankuweit / ; Alida A L Caforio / ; Sabino Iliceto / ; Udo Sechtem / ; Tim Schäufele / ; Hannah Fsadni / ; Christoph Nienaber / ; Mathias Rauchhaus / ; Georg Ertl / ; Roland Jahns / ; Christiane E Angermann / ; Stefan Störk / ; Stefan Frantz / ; Oliver Ritter / ; Dominik Berliner / ; Nikolas Deubner / ; Christoph Wanner / ; Frank Breunig / ; Vera Krane / ; Valérie Jahns / ; Martin J Lohse / ; Viacheslav O Nikolaev / ; Angela Schlipp / ; Alexander Zürn / ; Thomas Hünig / ; Thomas Kerkau / ; Beyersdorf Niklas / ; Vladimir Kocoski /

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