Description
Book SynopsisThis volume on autoreactivity includes discussion of all major autoimmune diseases, animal models of autoimmune diseases, potential new approaches to the therapy of autoimmune disease, regulation of the immune system, tolerance to self-antigens and naturally-occurring autoantibodies.
Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
PHYSIOLOGICAL AUTOREACTIVITY.
Autoimmunity Today (A. Coutinho & M. Kazatchkine).
Light Chain Variable Region Gene Repertoire in Human Autoantibodies(K. Victor & J. Capra).
Stimulation of T and B Cells (J. Andersson, et al.).
Lymphocyte Population Kinetics: A Cellular Competition Model (A.Freitas & B. Rocha).
Tolerance and Autoimmunity in the Peripheral T-Cell Repertoire (J.Miller).
Autoimmunity and Idiotypic Networks (J. Stewart).
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.
Boundaries Between Physiological Autoreactivity and PathologicalAutoimmunity (M. Kazatchkine & A. Coutinho).
Immunological Disturbances Responsible for Graves' Disease (J.Dwyer).
Is Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis a Model of MultipleSclerosis?
(E. Heber-Katz).
Immunodeficiency and Autoimmunity (F. Rosen).
Autoimmunity Tomorrow (A. Coutinho & M. Kazatchkine).
Index.
