2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Immunomodulationtherapyagainstdilatedcardiomyopathy
| Project/Area Number |
20590852
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Circulatory organs internal medicine
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| Research Institution | Kitasato University |
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Principal Investigator |
BABA Akiyasu Kitasato University, 北里研究所病院, 研究員 (60296572)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 拡張型心筋症 / 免疫吸着療法 / 心筋自己抗体 |
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| Research Abstract |
Some DCM (dilated cardiomyopathy) patients have autoantibodies against their heart, which we can remove from the body by immunoadsorption therapy. This study discovered a characteristic of the patient whom this therapy worked for well. When we completely removed autoantibodies from the body by this treatment, the cardiac function get better. Even if autoantibodies increase again in the body, and the cardiac function reverses, we may perform the immunoadsorption many times.
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