Liver immunology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gershwin, M. Eric, 1946-, Vierling, John M., Manns, Michael P.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : Hanley & Belfus, [2003]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Basic immunological terms and concepts : a short primer of fundamental immunology
  • Hepatoimmunology : from horizon to harborside
  • Lymphoid repertoires in healthy liver
  • Intrahepatic T cells
  • Role and function of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells
  • Intrahepatic immune responses in bacterial and parasitic infections
  • Intrahepatic NKT cells
  • Dendritic cells and other antigen-presenting cells of the liver and in liver disease
  • Mechanisms of hepatic tolerance
  • Kupffer cell dysfunction in alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases
  • Mechanisms of acute liver failure
  • Autoantibodies in liver diseases and hepatocellular carcinoma
  • T cells, NKT cells, and NK cells in an experimental model of autoimmune hepatitis
  • Immunopathogenesis and treatment of hepatitis B virus infection
  • Immunopathogenesis and therapy of hepatitis C
  • Non-A-E hepatitis : does it exist, its treatment and proposed pathogenesis, and the viruses identified on its discovery route
  • Animal models of autoimmune diseases of the liver
  • Genetics of autoimmune liver disease
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis
  • Autoimmune hepatitis
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • Overlap syndromes
  • Drug-induced immune-mediated liver disease
  • Immunologic tolerance to organ transplants, including xenografts
  • Pharmacokinetics of immunosuppressive drugs
  • Diagnosis and management of rejection
  • Chimerism and liver transplantation
  • Autoimmunity after liver transplantation