The innate immune response in reperfused myocardium
Open Access
- 20 January 2012
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Cardiovascular Research
- Vol. 94 (2), 276-283
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvs018
Abstract
One of the major therapeutic challenges in the arena of interventional cardiology is to design strategies aimed at reducing myocardial tissue damage after myocardial infarction. In response to tissue injury, an innate immune response is initiated that orchestrates homeostatic responses and is a prerequisite for subsequent wound healing. An exaggerated inflammatory reaction, however, countervenes these beneficial effects and contributes to maladaptive tissue damage. Herein, we discuss the pathways involving the innate immune system that have been investigated in the setting of myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion injury. Endogenous ‘danger’ signals [danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs)] are expressed following tissue injury and alert the innate immune system. Toll-like receptors and the complement system are activated, resulting in an inflammatory reaction involving inflammatory cell influx and the production and release of inflammatory cytokines. A potential involvement of cell-derived microparticles in the modulation of the innate immune response following myocardial injury will also be discussed. Our future challenge lies within the counteraction of maladaptive inflammatory cascades, without interfering in the benign wound healing response, and in translating these anti-inflammatory strategies into clinical practice.Keywords
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