简介：CardiovascularimmunologyresearchinWuhanUnionHospitalbeganin1991.Anti-heartantibodiesindilatedcardiomyopathyandacuteviralmyocarditisbegantobereportedfrom1993.ItwasfoundthatanewautoantibodyagainstL-typecalciumchannelresultsinventriculartachycardiaandsuddendeathinpatientswithdilatedcardiomyopathy.ThroughtheInterventionStudyofDiltiazeminDilatedCardiomyopathy,diltiazemwasverifiedtoreducemortalityandthechronicheartfailurehospitalizationratesignificantlyinpatientswithdilatedcardiomyopathy.TheautoantibodiesagainstangiotensinIIreceptortype1andα1-adrenoceptorwereassociatedwiththeincreasedrecurrenceofanddeathfromstrokeinhypertensivepatients.Throughmanyclinicalandexperimentalstudies,thefunctionalimbalanceofT-cellsubsetswassuggestedtomediatemyocardialinjuryandchronicheartfailure,whichprovidedanewtheoreticalbasisforimmunoregulationtherapyforheartfailure.Thefirstantihypertensivepolypeptidevaccine(ATRQβ-001)wasinvented.Inadditiontotheseachievements,therewillbemoreresearchoncardiovascularimmunologyinWuhanUnionHospitalinthefuture.