From basic immunology to immune-mediated demyelination /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Milano :
Springer,
[1999]
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| Series: | Topics in neuroscience.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Protective versus harmful responses and immune regulation-- Ch. 2. Antigen recognition and autoimmunity-- Ch. 3. Assembly and function of immunoglobulins during B cell development-- Ch. 4. Pathogenetic mechanisms of autoimmunity-- Ch. 5. Adhesion receptors involved in leukocyte functions-- Ch. 6. The endothelium of the brain microvasculature and the organization of intercellular junctions-- Ch. 7. Chemokines and chemokine receptors-- Ch. 8. Th1/Th2 cytokine network
- Ch. 9. Lymphocyte trafficking in the central nervous system-- Ch. 10. Antigen presentation in the central nervous system-- Ch. 11. Myelination of the central nervous system-- Ch. 12. Genomic screening in multiple sclerosis-- Ch. 13. MHC and multiple sclerosis-- Ch. 14. Cytokine genes in multiple sclerosis-- Ch. 15. Adhesion molecules and the blood-brain-barrier in multiple sclerosis-- Ch. 16. Non-myelin antigen autoreactivity in multiple sclerosis
- Ch. 17. Myelin antigen autoreactivity in multiple sclerosis-- Ch. 18. Inflammation and multiple sclerosis: a close interplay-- Ch. 19. Magnetic resonance and blood-brain barrier dysfunction in multiple sclerosis-- Ch. 20. Immunotherapies for multiple sclerosis-- Ch. 21. Animal models of demyelination of the central nervous system-- Ch. 22. MHC and non-MHC genetics of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis-- Ch. 23. Genetics of hereditary neuropathies
- Ch. 24. Immunopathogenetic role of anti-neural antibodies in demyelinating dysimmune neuropathies-- Ch. 25. Treatment of inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.