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The value of BCG and TNF in autoimmunity /

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"The Value of BCG and TNF in Autoimmunity provides an overview of current research and thinking related to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) induction and the use of the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine as potential treatment approaches to diverse forms of autoimmunity. BCG, commonly known as a...

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Corporate Authors: BCG and TNF Signaling in the Treatment and Prevention of Autoimmune Diseases London, England, ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Faustman, Denise (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Autoimmune diseases > Immunotherapy.
BCG vaccines > Therapeutic use.
Tumor necrosis factor.
Autoimmunity.
Autoimmune Diseases > therapy
BCG Vaccine > therapeutic use
Autoimmunity
Immunotherapy > methods
Tumor Necrosis Factors
Maladies auto-immunes > Immunothérapie.
Auto-immunité.
Facteurs de nécrose tumorale.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Autoimmune diseases > Immunotherapy
BCG vaccines > Therapeutic use
Tumor necrosis factor
Electronic books.
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Mycobacteria, immunoregulation, and autoimmunity
  • Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes and its recurrence by immunotherapy with mycobacterial adjuvants
  • Proteasome defects and cytokine signaling on Sjogren's syndrome
  • The protective effect of the BCG vaccine on the development of Type 1 Diabetes in humans
  • Effects of the bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccines in the demyelinating disease of the central nervous system
  • TNF, BCG, and the proteasome in autoimmunity: an overview of the pathways & results of a phase I study in Type 1 diabetes
  • Why test BCG in Sjögrens syndrome?
  • Celiac disease as a model disorder for testing autoimmune therapeutics
  • Delivering solutions and clinical benefits for diseases with small intermediate-size patient populations.