This book describes the mechanisms of action of cytokines and chemokines in the major autoimmune diseases such as diabetes mellitus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and inflammatory bowel disease along with prospective treatment interventions.
Table of contents
Autoimmune diseases and cytokines: pathogenesis and therapy. Pere Santamaria
Cytokines, chemokines, their receptors and their genes: an
overview. David J. Kelvin
Cytokine and cytokine receptor genes in the genetic susceptibility
and resistance to autoimmunity. Roland S. Liblau
Cytokines, lymphocyte homeostasis and self-tolerance. Yiguang Chen
Cytokines as effector mechanisms of tissue destruction in
autoimmunity. Thomas W.H. Kay
Cytokines in the pathogenesis and treatment of experimental
autoimmune encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis. David O. Willenborg
Chemokines in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and
multiple sclerosis. Trevor Owens
Cytokines in the pathogenesis of pancreatic islet graft desruction
in autoimmune diabetes. Alex Rabinovitch
Chemokines and cytokines in autoimmune diabetes. Terry L. Delovitch
Cytokines in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and
collagen-induced arthritis. Erik Lubberts
Chemokines in rheumatoid arthritis N. Karin
Cytokines and chemokines in virus-induced autoimmunity. Matthias G. Von Herrath
Cytokines in the treatment and prevention of autoimmune responses. Terry B. Strom
Cytokines and chemokines in human autoimmune skin disorders (SLE,
pemphigus vulgaris). Thomas Schwarz
Cytokines and chemokines in SLE. Frederick A. Houssiau
Cytokines in the pathogenesis and treatment of inflammatory bowel
disease. Lothar Steidler
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