MDC researchers prevent virus induced myocarditis

Life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia can be a consequence of myocarditis - an inflammation of the cardiac muscle that can be caused by the Coxsackievirus. In mice, Dr Yu Shi, Chen Chen, and Professor Michael Gotthardt of the Max Delbrueck Centre for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, have now abolished the infection by blocking the receptor which is required for virus entry. 'We did not detect a single cardiomyocyte that was infected by the virus. Inflammation of the heart muscle associated with this virus infection did not develop,' Dr Shi said...

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