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The autoimmune diseases /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rose, Noel R. (Editor ), Mackay, Ian R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Academic Press, [2020]
Edición:Sixth edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Autoimmune disease: reflections and projections
  • Autoimmunity: a history of the early struggle for recognition
  • General features of autoimmune disease
  • Innate and adaptive systems of immunity
  • Immunological tolerance: T cells
  • T cells and their subsets in autoimmunity
  • The role of invariant natural killer T cells in autoimmune diseases
  • B-cell development: how to become one of the chosen ones
  • B cell activation and b cell tolerance
  • Macrophages and autoimmunity
  • Dendritic cells in autoimmune disease
  • Natural killer cells
  • Granulocytes: neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils
  • The roles and contributions of the complement system in the pathophysiology of autoimmune diseases
  • Cytokines, their receptors and signals
  • Cell death and autoimmune disease
  • Autophagy in autoimmunity
  • Effector mechanisms in autoimmunity
  • Diet, the gut microbiome, and autoimmune diseases
  • Noninfectious environmental agents and autoimmunity
  • Microbial infection as a trigger of T-cell autoimmunity
  • Autoimmune diseases: the role for vaccines
  • Genetic predisposition, humans
  • Sexual dimorphism in the immune system
  • Epigenetics of autoimmune diseases
  • Genetic predisposition to autoimmune diseases conferred by the major histocompatibility complex: utility of animal models
  • Animal models of organ-specific autoimmune disease
  • Autoimmunity in primary immunodeficiency disorders
  • Animal models: systemic autoimmune diseases
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
  • Antiphospholipid syndrome
  • Sjogren's syndrome
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
  • Spondyloarthritides
  • The autoimmune myopathies
  • Immunoglobulin g4-related disease
  • Polyendocrine syndromes
  • Thyroid disease
  • Autoimmune (type 1) diabetes
  • Adrenalitis
  • Autoimmune hypophysitis
  • Autoimmune gastritis and pernicious anemia
  • Celiac disease
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
  • Immune thrombocytopenia: a complex autoimmune disease
  • Acquired aplastic anemia
  • Autoimmune clotting dysfunction
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Peripheral neuropathies
  • Myasthenia gravis and related disorders
  • Ocular disease
  • Immune-mediated inner ear disease
  • Autoimmune and autoantibody-associated encephalomyelopathies
  • Hepatitis
  • Primary biliary cholangitis
  • Autoimmune pancreatitis and immunoglobulin g4-related disease
  • Autoimmune bullous skin diseases: pemphigus and pemphigoid
  • Nonbullous skin diseases: alopecia areata, vitiligo, psoriasis, and urticaria
  • Autoimmune orchitis and autoimmune oophoritis
  • Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
  • Myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy
  • Necrotizing arteritis and small-vessel vasculitis
  • Large and medium-vessel vasculitides
  • Idiopathic and autoimmune interstitial lung disease
  • Autoimmune diseases in the kidney
  • Autoantibody assays: performance, interpretation, and standardization
  • Prevention of autoimmune disease: the type diabetes paradigm
  • Treatment of autoimmune disease: established therapies
  • Emerging biological and molecular therapies in autoimmune disease
  • Cameos: candidates and curiosities.