Scientists ID Source of Damaging Inflammation After Heart Attack (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

Scientists ID Source of Damaging Inflammation After Heart Attack

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In this image of heart tissue, a single cardiac B cell lymphocyte is visible (blue surrounded by bright red). This type of immune cell triggers damaging inflammation after a heart attack, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Their study also shows that the drug pirfenidone reduces this inflammatory response to injury and protects the heart from progressive damage.

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Lora Staloch

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