The Immunogenetics of Autoimmune Diseases, Volume I

by Nadir R. Farid

Overview

Many developments in immunology have occurred over the past 10 years that give us a better understanding of the immune system and its dysfunctions. Refined mapping of the major histocompatibility complex

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040283011
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	11/01/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224

Table of Contents

Volume I:Development of the Antibody RepertoireT Cell Antigen ReceptorsA Primer on Antigen Processing and PresentationThe T Cell Circuits - Their Defects in AutoimmunityHormones, Genes, and AutoimmunityRegulatory Idiotypes: Roles in Autoregulation and AutoimmunityNatural Autoantibodies in Regulation of Immune Homeostasis and Autoimmune DiseasesT Cell Receptor and Autoimmune DiseaseVirus-Induced AutoimmunityMHC Molecule Expression in Nonlymphoid Tissue: Implication for AutoimmunityExperimental Regulation of Autoimmune kDiseaseMajor Histocompatibility Complex Allele-Disease Associations in the Light of Extended HaplotypesTheoretical Modeling and Population Epidemiology of Complex Genetic DiseasesIndex

Editorial Reviews

Nineteen contributions on genetics, immunogenetics, and autoimmunity in connection with systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, scleroderma and mixed connective tissue disease, experimental myasthenia gravis, type II collagen-induced arthritis in mice, rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, thyroid disease, type I diabetes, hepatitis and other diseases of the liver, pernicious anemia, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, renal disease, cutaneous disease, polyglandular syndrome, and AIDS. ISBN for volume one (unseen) is 0-8493-6897-9. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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