The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 3 , Pages 624-632.e3, September 2010

Cardiac dysfunction induced by experimental myocardial infarction impairs the host defense response to bacterial infection in mice because of reduced phagocytosis of Kupffer cells

  • Yashiro Nogami, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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  • Manabu Kinoshita, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology and Microbiology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Manabu Kinoshita, MD, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, National Defense Medical College, Namiki 3-2, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8513, Japan.
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  • Bonpei Takase, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
    • ,
  • Akihito Inatsu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
    • ,
  • Masayuki Ishihara, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Engineering, National Defense Medical College Research Institute, Saitama, Japan
    • ,
  • Shuhji Seki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology and Microbiology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
    • ,
  • Tadaaki Maehara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan

Received 29 April 2009; received in revised form 5 October 2009; accepted 2 November 2009. published online 08 February 2010.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01432-9

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.005

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 140, Issue 3 , Pages 624-632.e3, September 2010

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