New Concepts in Pathology and Treatment of Autoimmune Disorders

C. Pozzilli, P. Pozzilli, J.-F. Kapp (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XIII, 139 Seiten

2001 | 2001
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-41479-7 (ISBN)

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Autoimmunity, characterized by autoreactive lymphocytes and autoantibodies, is the consequence of a failure to discriminate between self and non-self, and autoimmune diseases are an increasing threat to people living in the industrialized countries. Autoimmune disorders are treatable, but not curable, and patients can face disability at later stages of the disease. Thus, there is a medical and economic need for new concepts and treatments in autoimmune disorders. New concepts and treatments can only be achieved by an interdisciplinary approach bringing together expertise, technologies, and clinical experience. The workshop focused on multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and type I diabetes, and discussed conventional drug therapies, gene therapy, cell and tissue transplantation therapies, and first treatments using blood stem cells for reprogramming the patients' immune system.

1 Microarray Technology in the Pathogenesis and Management of Autoimmune Disorders.- 2 Multiple Sclerosis Perspective.- 3 Type 1 Diabetes and Multiple Sclerosis: Similarities and Dissimilarities.- 4 Immunotherapeutic Strategies for Multiple Sclerosis.- 5 Specific Immunotherapy of Multiple Sclerosis by Altered Peptide Ligands - Risk or Benefit?.- 6 Mucosal Immunity - A Key to Tolerance.- 7 New Strategies in Clinical Islet Cell Transplantation.- 8 Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Autoimmune Disease.- Previous Volumes Published in this Series.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.5.2001
Reihe/Serie	Ernst Schering Foundation Symposium Proceedings
Reihe/Serie	Schering Foundation Symposium Proceedings Supplements
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 139 p. 15 illus., 6 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	412 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Rheumatologie
Themenwelt	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
Schlagworte	Arthritis • Autoimmunität • Diabetes mellitus • Gene Array Assays • gene therapy • Magnetic Resonance Imaging • Multiple Sclerosis • Rheumatoid Arthritis • Transplantation
ISBN-10	3-540-41479-7 / 3540414797
ISBN-13	978-3-540-41479-7 / 9783540414797
Zustand	Neuware