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Maladaptive neuroimmune interactions increasingly drive CVD and support precision therapies targeting the neuroimmune axis.
This review highlights the critical role of neuroimmune interactions in cardiovascular disease pathogenesis and proposes the neuroimmune axis as a novel therapeutic target.
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Neuroimmune axis may guide future trial design; leaves open whether targeted therapies will alter cardiovascular outcomes.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, underscoring the need for integrative pathophysiological frameworks beyond cardiomyocyte‐centered models. This review summarizes recent advances in cardiac neuroimmunology and examines how interactions among the nervous, immune, and cardiovascular systems contribute to the onset and progression of CVD. We focus on neuroimmune mechanisms involved in major cardiovascular disorders, including atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, heart failure (HF), myocarditis, and arrhythmias. Autonomic innervation, immune cell dynamics, neurotransmitter–cytokine signaling, and neural reflex circuits collectively regulate cardiac homeostasis. Disruption of these feedback systems induces autonomic imbalance and persistent immune activation, promoting inflammation, adverse remodeling, and electrical instability. These processes interact dynamically across disease stages. Immune cells not only mediate inflammation but also modulate neural activity and myocardial electrophysiology, indicating functional integration of neuroimmune signaling in cardiovascular pathology. CVD is increasingly recognized as a consequence of maladaptive neuroimmune interactions rather than isolated dysfunction of cardiac, neural, or immune components. By integrating disease‐specific mechanisms with emerging neuromodulatory strategies, this review supports the development of precision therapies targeting the neuroimmune axis.
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Ma et al. (2026) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease. Neuromodulatory strategies targeting the neuroimmune axis was evaluated. Cardiovascular disease is increasingly recognized as a consequence of maladaptive neuroimmune interactions, supporting the development of precision therapies targeting the neuroimmune axis.
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