Mechanisms of lymphocyte activation and immune regulation VIII
Subtitle: autoimmunity 2000 and beyond
By: edited by Sudhir Gupta.
Contributors: Gupta, Sudhir.
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 490.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Autoimmunity; Autoimmune diseases -- Pathogenesis; Lymphocyte transformation
Other titles: Autoimmunity 2000 and beyond.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Basic mechanisms; title: Delineation of the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus by using murine models; title: Factors contributing to autoimmune disease; title: Control of autoimmunity by regulatory T cells; title: Autoimmunity, self-tolerance, and immune homeostasis: from whole animal phenotypes to molecular pathways; title: Peripheral tolerance and organ specific autoimmunity; title: Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome: types I, II, and beyond; title: 2. Pathogenesis; title: The role of MHC class II molecules in the pathogenesis and prevention of type I diabetes; title: Control of autoreactive T cell activation by immuoregulatory T cells; title: Immune tolerance and the nervous system; title: Functional role of epitope spreading in the chronic pathogenesis of autoimmune and virus-induced demyelinating diseases; title: 3. Therapy; title: Multiple sclerosis and gene expesssion profiling; title: Treatment of autoimmuity by inhibition of T cell costimulation; title: Cytokine blockade in rheumatoid arthritis.