Title: Autoimmunity : concepts and diagnosis at the cutting edge /
Authors: Gershwin, M. Eric, 1946-; Shoenfeld, Yehuda, 1948-
Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Autoimmune Diseases diagnosis; Autoimmunity; Autoimmune diseases Congresses; Autoimmunity Congresses; Autoimmunity Congresses.; Autoimmune Diseases diagnosis Congresses.
Abstract: Both novel scientific (basic immunology) and clinical aspects of autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases are presented in this volume in papers written by the world's leading autoimmunologists.
Contents: Posttranslational modifications of self-antigens / H.A. Doyle and M.J. Mamula -- Expression and re-expression of recombination activating genes: relevance to the development of autoimmune states / S. Hillion ... [et al.] -- B lymphocytes are required for development and treatment of autoimmune diseases / P. Youinou ... [et al.] -- BAFF overexpression is associated with autoantibody production in autoimmune diseases / J.O. Pers ... [et al.] -- Histo-blood group antigens as allo-& autoantigens / U.E. Nydegger ... [et al.] -- The mechanism of molecular redundancy in autoimmune inflammation in the context of CD44 deficiency / D. Naor ... [et al.].