Immunology of Rheumatic Diseases

Immunology of Rheumatic Diseases edited by Sudhir Gupta.

Recent developments in basic science and clinical rheumatology make it appropriate at this time to create a volume devoted to the immunology of rheumatic diseases. The impact of molecular biology, gene cloning, and new technologies for establishing hybridomas and T-cell lines in the laboratory is no...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gupta, Sudhir (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1985.
Edition:1st ed. 1985.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Immunology.
Rheumatology.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Basic Mechanisms
  • 1. Human Immune Response Genes
  • 2. Lymphocyte Subpopulations: Phenotypic Expression and Functions in Health and Rheumatic Diseases
  • 3. The Autologous Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction
  • 4. Interleukins: Molecular and Biological Characteristics
  • 5. Interferon and Natural Killer Cells in Rheumatic Diseases
  • II. Autoimmunity
  • 6. Rheumatoid Factor
  • 7. Autoantibodies to Nonhistone Nuclear Antigens: Their Immunobiology and Clinical Relevance
  • 8. Antibodies to DNA: Epiphenomena or Pathogens?
  • 9. Neuron-Reactive Antibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  • 10. Antiphospholipid Antibodies
  • 11. The Heterogeneity of Autoimmune Responses
  • 12. Immune Response to Collagen
  • III. Classical Concepts of Rheumatic Diseases
  • 13. Immune Response to Streptococcal Antigens in Rheumatic Fever
  • 14. Infectious Agents in Rheumatic Diseases
  • 15. Scleroderma as a Fibrotic Disorder
  • 16. Gout
  • 17. Vasculitis
  • 18. Immune Complexes in Human and Experimental Disease
  • IV. Pathogenetic Mechanisms
  • 19. Cellular Immune Events in the Joints of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • 20. Macrophages and Dendritic Cells in Rheumatic Diseases
  • 21. Complement Components in Rheumatic Diseases
  • 22. Immune Complexes, Vasoactive Mediators, and Fibrinoid Necrosis in Connective Tissue Diseases
  • 23. The Role of the Neutrophil in the Inflammatory Response
  • 24. Drug-Related Rheumatic Diseases: Basic Mechanisms
  • 25. Psychoneuroimmunologic Contributions to the Study of Rheumatic Diseases
  • V. Therapy
  • 26. Immunopotentiators and Rheumatic Diseases
  • 27. Thymic Hormones and Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • 28. Plasmapheresis
  • 29. Immunoregulatory Drugs
  • 30. Total Lymphoid Irradiation.

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