Autoimmune Disorders - Pathogenetic Aspects

Edited by Clio P. Mavragani, ISBN 978-953-307-643-0, Hard cover, 508 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: October 26, 2011 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Immunology, Allergology and Rheumatology
DOI: 10.5772/802

The present edition entitled "Autoimmune disorders - Pathogenetic aspects" aims to present the current available evidence of etiopathogenetic insights of both systemic and organ specific autoimmune disorders, the crossover interactions among autoimmunity, cardiovascular morbidity and malignancy as well as novel findings in the exciting fields of osteoimmunology and immunology of pregnancy.

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BOOK CONTENTS

• Chapter 1  Autoimmune Diseases: The Role of Environment and Gene Interactionsby Wellington K. Ayensu, Emmanuel O. Keku, Raphael D. Isokpehi, Ibrahim O. Farah, Chris A. Arthur and Sophia S. Leggett
• Chapter 2  IRF-5 - A New Link to Autoimmune Diseasesby Sujayita Roy and Paula M. Pitha
• Chapter 3  SLAM Family Receptors and Autoimmunityby Jordi Sintes, Ricardo Bastos and Pablo Engel
• Chapter 4  HLA and Citrullinated Peptides in Rheumatoid Arthritisby Iñaki Álvarez
• Chapter 5  Cell Surface Glycans at SLE – Changes During Cells Death, Utilization for Disease Detection and Molecular Mechanism Underlying Their Modificationby Bilyy Rostyslav, Tomin Andriy, Yaroslav Tolstyak, Havrylyuk Anna, Chopyak Valentina, Kit Yuriy and Stoika Rostyslav
• Chapter 6  Regulatory T Cell Deficiency in Systemic Autoimmune Disorders – Causal Relationship and Underlying Immunological Mechanismsby Fang-Ping Huang and Susanne Sattler
• Chapter 7  Postinfectious Autoimmune Syndrome as a Key Factor in Chronization of the Infectious Diseaseby Natalia Cherepahina, Murat Agirov, Jamilyia Tabaksoeva, Kusum Ahmedilova and Sergey Suchkov
• Chapter 8  Contribution of Peroxynitrite, a Reactive Nitrogen Species, in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmunityby Rizwan Ahmad and Haseeb Ahsan
• Chapter 9  Immunological Effects of Silica and Related Dysregulation of Autoimmunityby Naoko Kumagai, Hiroaki Hayashi, Megumi Maeda, Yoshie Miura, Hidenori Matsuzaki, Suni Lee, Yasumitsu Nishimura, Wataru Fujimoto and Takemi Otsuki
• Chapter 10  Gut Microbiota - “Lost in Immune Tolerance”by Serena Schippa and Valerio Iebba
• Chapter 11  Tolerance and Autoimmunity in Type 1 Diabetesby Valentina Di Caro, Nick Giannoukakis and Massimo Trucco
• Chapter 12  Immunogenetics of Type 1 Diabetesby Rajni Rani
• Chapter 13  Graves’ Disease - The Interaction of Lymphocytes and Thyroid Cellsby Ben-Skowronek Iwona
• Chapter 14  Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis – Interactions of Lymphocytes, Thyroid Cells and Fibroblastsby Ben-Skowronek Iwona
• Chapter 15  Autoimmunity in Vitiligoby E. Helen Kemp, Sherif Emhemad, David J. Gawkrodger and Anthony P. Weetman
• Chapter 16  Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Systemic Autoimmune Disordersby Giannelou M., Gravani F., Papadaki I., Ioakeimidis D. and Mavragani C.P.
• Chapter 17  Chronic Periaortitis as a Systemic Autoimmune Diseaseby Chang-Hee Suh
• Chapter 18  Endothelial Progenitor Cells: New Targets to Control Autoimmune Disordersby Sarah L. Brice, Andrew J. Sakko, Pravin Hissaria and Claudine S. Bonder
• Chapter 19  Autoimmune Disorders and Lymphomasby Dolcetti R., Ponzoni M., Mappa S. and Ferreri A.J.M.
• Chapter 20  A Possible Link Between Autoimmunity and Cancerby Erika Cristaldi, Giulia Malaguarnera, Alessandra Rando and Mariano Malaguarnera
• Chapter 21  Mechanism of Autoimmunity in Pregnancy - The Good and the Badby Lotti Tajouri, Ekua W. Brenu, Donald R. Staines and Sonya M. Marshall-Gradisnik
• Chapter 22  T Lymphocyte Characteristics and Immune Tolerance During Human Pregnancyby Gergely Toldi, András Treszl and Barna Vásárhelyi
• Chapter 23  Osteoimmunology and Cancer - Clinical Implicationsby Evangelos Terpos, Maria Gkotzamanidou, Dimitrios Christoulas and Meletios A. Dimopoulos
  
  
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