Apoptosis and autoimmunity /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Herrmann, M. (Martin), Dr, Kalden, J. R. (Joachim Robert)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, [2003]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. General feature of apoptosis
  • Apoptosis and autoimmunity
  • Caspase knockouts: matters of life and death
  • pt. 2. Clearance of apoptotic cells
  • Anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory effects of apoptotic cells
  • Complement and apoptosis
  • Soluble factors that bind to dying cells control the outcome of corpse disposal : the role of pentraxins, collectins and autoantibodies
  • The role of ATP-binding cassette transporters in the clearance of apoptotic cells : a tale of two systems
  • Innate immunity and apoptosis : CD14-dependent clearance of apoptotic cells
  • pt. 3. Autoimmunity caused by defective execution of apoptosis or defective clearance of apoptosis cells
  • Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndromes (ALPS)
  • Infection and inflammation as cofactors for autoimmunity of systemic lupus erythematosus patients
  • Apoptosis in rheumatoid arthritis
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • pt. 4. Immunogenicity of apoptotic cells
  • Dendritic cells pulsed with apoptotic tumor cells as vaccines
  • The immune response against apoptotic cells
  • pt. 5. "Altered self" in dying cells
  • Autoantigens as substrates for apoptotic proteases : implications for the pathogenesis of systemic autoimmune disease
  • Distinct cleavage products of nuclear autoantigens in apoptosis and necrosis : implications for autoimmunity
  • 'Tissue' transglutaminase and autoimmunity / Alessandra Amendola and Mauro Piacentini
  • Modification of RNA - antigens in apoptosis
  • pt. 6. The role of DNA binding proteins for systemic autoimmunity
  • Nucleosomes and anti-nucleosome autoantibodies as mediators of glomerular pathology in systemic lupus erythematosus