title: Characteristic distribution of circulating autoantibodies against G-protein coupled cardiovascular receptors in patients with idiopathic dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Circulating autoantibodies against cardiovascular membrane receptors have been repeatedly demonstrated in a subgroup of sera of patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. This short review summarizes the clinical findings on anti-receptor autoantibodies in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000097:blood*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins