Skin immune system (SIS) : cutaneous immunology and clinical immunodermatology /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press,
[1997]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- A history of immunodermatology
- Skin immune system (SIS)
- Comparative immunology of the integument
- Keratinocyte
- Langerhans cells and related skin dendritic cells
- Lymphocyte subpopulations of the skin
- Macrophages and dendritic cells in the skin
- Endothelial cells of blood and lymphatic vessels
- Mast cells
- Neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils in the skin immune system
- Free radicals
- Eicosanoids in inflammatory and immunological skin disorders
- Complement and complement regulatory molecules
- Secretory immunoglobulins
- The epidermal cytokine network
- Neuropeptides in the skin
- Programmed cell death in cutaneous immunopathology
- Epidermis as a pro-inflammatory organ
- The dermal immune system
- Adhesion molecules and inflammatory cell migration pathways in the skin
- Immunology of the hair follicle
- Physiology and pathology of skin photoimmunology
- The skin immune system and tumor immunosurveillance
- Some congenital immunodeficiencies and their dermatological manifestations
- Immunobullous disorders
- Scleroderma
- Lupus erythematosus
- Cutaneous vasculitis
- Urticarial vasculitis
- Atopic dermatitis
- Allergic contact dermatitis
- Psoriasis
- Lichen planus and graft-vs.-host disease
- Immunology of vitiligo
- Viral infections
- Bacterial infections
- Fungal infections
- Parasitic infections
- Tumors of skin homing lymphocytes
- Immunosuppressive drugs
- Pharmacological manipulation of the complement system in dermatology
- Cytokines, autologous cell immunostimulatory, and gene therapy for cancer treatment
- Photo(chemo) therapeutic modulation of the skin immune system