Experimental autoimmune myocarditis (EAM) was induced in the LysM-Cre × R26-stop-EYFP × Tgfbr2-fl/fl transgenic mice showing impaired TGF-β signalling in the myeloid lineage and the LysM-Cre × R26-stop-EYFP control mice. This evidence concerns the gene TGFBR2 and autoimmune myocarditis.