1. Preface for the special issue

   EditorialNotes Pages: 171 - 171

2. Autoimmunity in dilated cardiomyopathy

   • Bernhard Maisch
   • Günter Hufnagel
   • Anette Richter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 182

3. Effects of cellular elements of the immune response on myocyte function and survival

   • William H. Barry

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 191

4. Role of a cytokine-inducible nitric oxide synthase in the control of myocardial contractile state

   • Jean-Luc Balligand
   • Dan Ungureanu-Longrois
   • Thomas W. Smith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 201

5. Effects of proinflammatory cytokines on the contractility of mammalian heart

   • Mitchell S. Finkel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 210

6. Tumor necrosis factor-α and tumor necrosis factor receptors in human heart failure

   • Biykem Bozkurt
   • Kesavan Shan
   • Douglas L. Mann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 219

7. Immunomodulatory therapy and survival with cardiac disease

   • Shigetake Sasayama
   • Akira Matsumori
   • Chiharu Kishimoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 227