ABSTRACT

Remarkable advances have been made in the pathogenesis of autoimmunity, such as with bone marrow transplantation, which is becoming a powerful strategy in treating certain life-threatening diseases. The Molecular Pathology of Autoimmune Diseases is a concise and centralized resource for information on the topic, with a special focus on the molecula

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Part I Basic Aspects Of Autoimmune Processes

chapter 2|33 pages

B Cell Tolerance and Autoimmunity

chapter 3|23 pages

Genetic Origin Of Human Autoantibodies

chapter 4|23 pages

Genetic Origin of Murine Autoantibodies

chapter 5|13 pages

T Cell Development and Tolerance

chapter 10|31 pages

T Cell Adhesion Molecules in Autoimmunity

chapter 11|20 pages

Apoptosis and Autoimmunity

chapter 12|14 pages

Processing and Presentation of Self-Antigens

chapter 13|18 pages

The Role of HLA in Autoimmune Disease

chapter 14|35 pages

Antigenic Mimicry in Autoimmune Diseases

chapter 15|11 pages

The Idiotypic Network in Autoimmunity

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Part II Systemic Autoimmune Diseases

chapter 18|45 pages

Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

chapter 20|47 pages

The Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome

chapter 21|39 pages

Genes and Genetics of Murine Lupus

chapter 22|42 pages

Rheumatoid Arthritis

chapter 25|25 pages

Experimental Models of Sjögren’s Syndrome

chapter 26|27 pages

Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)

chapter 27|23 pages

Experimental Models for Scleroderma

chapter 28|37 pages

Systemic Vasculitis

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Part III Organ-Specific Autoimmune Diseases

chapter 29|24 pages

Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

chapter 31|36 pages

Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

chapter 33|26 pages

Autoimmune Neutropenia

chapter |40 pages

s34 Human Autoimmune Diabetes

chapter 35|23 pages

Animal Models of Type I Diabetes

chapter 37|25 pages

Hashimoto’s Disease

chapter 41|25 pages

Molecular Pathology of Multiple Sclerosis

chapter 42|30 pages

Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

chapter 43|40 pages

Myasthenia Gravis

chapter 44|21 pages

Experimental Autoimmune Myasthenia Gravis

chapter 45|13 pages

Vitiligo

chapter 46|27 pages

Pemphigus

chapter 48|21 pages

Behçet’s Disease

chapter 49|21 pages

Autoimmune Gastritis and Pernicious Anemia

chapter 54|58 pages

Autoimmune Hepatitis

chapter 55|24 pages

Autoimmune Myocarditis

chapter 56|20 pages

Autoimmunity in Atherosclerosis

chapter 57|34 pages

Autoimmune Diseases of the Eye

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Part IV Associated Autoimmunity

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Part V Immunotherapeutic Approaches