Stem cell therapy for autoimmune disease /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Burt, Richard K., 1956-, Marmont, A. M. (Alberto M.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Georgetown, Tex. : Landes Bioscience, [2004]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • When is a stem cell really a stem cell?
  • Embryonic stem cells : unique potential to treat autoimmune diseases
  • Neural stem cells and oligodendrocyte progenitors in the central nervous system
  • Turning blood into liver
  • Adipose tissue-derived adult stem cells : potential for cell therapy
  • Hematopoietic stem cell biology : relevance to autoimmunity
  • Properties and therapeutic potentials of adult stem cells from bone marrow stroma (MSCs)
  • Regeneration of cardiomyocytes from bone marrow stem cells and application to cell transplantation therapy
  • Clinical trials of hematopoietic stem cells for cardiac and peripheral vascular diseases
  • The stem cell continuum : a plastic plasticity
  • Adult stem cell plasticity
  • Collection and expansion of stem cells
  • The extracellular matrix as a substrate for stem cell growth and development and tissue repair
  • Gene transfer into human hematopoietic stem cells : problems and perspectives
  • The etiopathogenesis of autoimmunity
  • Overview of immune tolerance strategies
  • Death receptor-mediated apoptosis and lymphocyte homeostasis
  • Shifting paradigms in peripheral tolerance
  • Dendritic cells control the balance between tolerance and autoimmunity
  • CD4⁺ T regulatory cells and modulation of undesired immune responses
  • Major histocompatibility complex and autoimmune disease
  • Analyzing complex polygenic traits : the role of non-HLA genes in the susceptibility to autoimmune disorders
  • Drug-induced autoimmunity
  • Evidence for a role of infections in the activation of autoreactive T cells and the pathogenesis of autoimmunity
  • Molecular analysis of immunity
  • Immune reconstitution after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • Historical perspective and rationale of HSCT for autoimmune diseases
  • High-dose immune suppression without hematopoietic stem cells for autoimmune diseases
  • Autologous stem cell transplantation in animal models of autoimmune diseases
  • Allogeneic hemopoietic stem cell transplantation in animal models of autoimmune diseases
  • Mobilization and conditioning regimens in stem cell transplant for autoimmune diseases
  • Infection in the hematopoeitic stem cell transplant recipient with autoimmune disease
  • Immunological aspects of multiple sclerosis with emphasis on the potential use of autologous hemopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • Axonal injury and disease progression in multiple sclerosis
  • Monitoring disease activity in multiple sclerosis
  • Intense immunosuppression followed by autologous stem cell transplantation in severe multiple sclerosis cases : MRI and clinical data
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple sclerosis : finding equipoise
  • Molecular and cellular pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Definition, classification, activity and damage indices in systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Lupus nephritis
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
  • Haemopoietic stem cell transplantation for rheumatoid arthritis-world experience and future trials
  • Autologous stem cell transplantation for refractory juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)
  • Immunology of scleroderma
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for systemic sclerosis
  • High-dose immunosuppressive chemotherapy with autologous stem cell support for chronic autoimmune thrombocytopenia
  • High-dose chemotherapy with haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in primary systemic vasculitis, Behcet's disease and Sjogren's syndrome
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
  • Hematopoietic stem cell therapy for patients with refractory myasthenia gravis
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with autoimmune bullous skin disorders
  • Idiopathic inflammatory myositis
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation as treatment for type 1 diabetes
  • Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for Crohn's disease
  • Bronchial asthma and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis as potential targets for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • Autologous stem cell transplantation in relapsing polychondritis
  • Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for autoimmune diseases