Doberman pinschers present autoimmunity associated with functional autoantibodies: A model to study the autoimmune background of human dilated cardiomyopathy.

Doberman Pinschers presented β1-AAB associated autoimmunity, similar as in the pathogenesis of human DCM. Consequently, DP could compensate the lack of animal models for the investigation of β1-AAB autoimmunity in human DCM.