Joe Rumore, myocarditis survivor and heart transplant of three years will host his third annual golf tournament to benefit The Myocarditis Foundation which will be held on Monday, September 20,…
The Myocarditis Foundation held its third fundraising event in the Raleigh area, entitled Fiesta 2010 on Friday, May 7, 2010. Approximately 100 people attended the event which was held at Brier Creek Country Club in Raleigh, North Carolina. The evening included entertainment by the band 20 Years Gone and featured Mexican cuisine, and a Silent Auction. The foundation raised over $16,000 from the event.
The Myocarditis Foundation, a non-profit, international organization located in Point Pleasant, NJ, founded in 2005, is dedicated to increasing awareness and hastening progress in understanding this rare disease. Myocarditis is…
Awarded grant in 2009 The Role of Dystrphin in Enterovirus Induced Viral Myocarditis Specific Aim1. Determine whether cardiac myocyte-specific, inducible expression of enterovirus protease 2A in the dystrophin knock-in adult…
Awarded grant in 2009 Discovering and Understanding Virus-Host Factor Interactions for Treatment of Viral Myocarditis “We showed that virus signaling during infection originated from, and converge upon, dominant signaling ‘nodes.’…
Awarded grant in 2009 Thrombin-PAR-1 Signaling in Viral Myocarditis “I conclude that PAR-1 activation is essential in the early phase of virus infection to manage an effective immune response against…
Awarded grant in 2008 Cellular and Viral Determinants of Neonatal Group B Coxsackievirus Myocarditis “Sequence comparisons of more recently circulating CVB1 and CVB3 virus 5’UTR and stemloop 2 folding patterns…
Awarded grant in 2007 Gene Expression Profiling for Detection of Myocarditis “The overall goal of this study is to improve diagnostic sensitivity for detection of myocarditis by endomyocardial biopsy derived…
Awarded grant in 2007 The Role of Monocytes in Autoimmune Myocarditis “We have assembled evidence that EAM is driven in part by the Th17 pathway in the mouse; however, in…
