Rheumatic diseases immunological mechanisms and prospects for new therapies
This authoritative review volume provides a wide-ranging account of the immunological mechanisms that underlie many rheumatic diseases. Advances in our understanding of the immunopathology of diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and SLE, are paving the way for the developmen...
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Cambridge University Press
1999
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Ch. 1. Implications of advances in immunology for understanding the pathogenesis and treatment of rheumatic diseases
- Ch. 2. The role of T cells in autoimmune disease
- Ch. 3. The role of MHC antigens in autoimmunity
- Ch. 4. B cells: formation and structure of autoantibodies
- Ch. 5. The role of CD40 in immune responses
- Ch. 6. Manipulation of the T cell immune system via CD28 and CTLA-4
- Ch. 7. Lymphocyte antigen receptor signal transduction
- Ch. 8. The role of adhesion mechanisms in inflammation
- Ch. 9. The regulation of apoptosis in the rheumatic disorders
- Ch. 10. The role of monokines in arthritis
- Ch. 11. T lymphocyte subsets in relation to autoimmune disease
- Ch. 12. Complement receptors