Epigenetic Contributions in Autoimmune Disease [electronic resource] /
Ballestar, Esteban.editor.
This volume focuses on the relevance of epigenetic mechanisms in autoimmune disease. It provides new directions for future research in autoimmune disease.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to epigenetics / Esteban Ballestar -- Chromatin mechanisms regulating gene expression in health and disease / Constanze Bonifer and Peter N. Cockerill -- Epigenetic control of lymphocyte differentiation / Eduardo Lopez-Granados -- Epigenetic control in immune function / Peter J. van den Elsen, Marja C.J.A. van Eggermond, and Rutger J. Wierda -- DNA methylation and B-cell autoreactivity / Soizic Garaud, Pierre Youinou, and Yves Renaudineau -- Environmental agents and autoimmune diseases / Frederick W. Miller -- Epigenetic dysregulation of Epstein-Barr virus latency and development of autoimmune disease / Hans Helmut Niller [and others] -- Does genomic imprinting play a role in autoimmunity? / Cristina Camprubø and David Monk -- A new epigenetic challenge : systemic lupus erythematosus / Biola M. Javierre and Bruce C. Richardson -- Epigenetic deregulation in rheumatoid arthritis / Emmanuel Karouzakis [and others] -- Prospects for epigenetic compounds in the treatment of autoimmune disease / Nadine Chapman-Rothe and Robert Brown -- Profiling epigenetic alterations in disease / Josø Ignacio Martøn-Subero and Manel Esteller.
This volume focuses on the relevance of epigenetic mechanisms in autoimmune disease. It provides new directions for future research in autoimmune disease.
Autoimmune diseases
Epigenesis.
Autoimmune Diseases
Epigenesis, Genetic
Advances in experimental medicine and biology