Autoantibodies

This volume is THE definitive, completely up-to-date, reference work for ALL researchers and clinicians working in autoimmunity. Up-to-Date: This is a timely critical review of more than 100 autoantibodies by leading experts in their respective fields, and includes many recent references. International Experts: The 120 Chapters have been written by the top international cadre of authors who have provided structured, expert contributions. Comprehensive: A total comprehensive perspective on the processes which induce, inhibit or otherwise affect autoantibodies in humans. Useful to Researchers and Clinicians: Chapters generally include methods of detection, pathogenic role, factors in pathogenicity and genetics as well as clinical utility with disease associations and frequencies.

Front Cover; Autoantibodies; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Foreword -- The Uses of Autoantibodies; Chapter 1. Acetylcholine Receptor Autoantibodies; Chapter 2. Actin Autoantibodies; Chapter 3. Affinity and Avidity of Autoantibodies; Chapter 4. Alpha-galactosyl (Anti-Gal) Autoantibodies; Chapter 5. Aminoacyl-tRNA Histidyl (Jo-1) Synthetase Autoantibodies; Chapter 6. Aminoacyl-tRNA (other than Histidyl) Synthetase Autoantibodies; Chapter 7. Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Chapter 8. Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies with Specificity for MyeloperoxidaseChapter 9. Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies with Specificity for Proteinase 3; Chapter 10. Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies with Specificity other than PR3 and MPO (X-ANCA); Chapter 11. Antinuclear Antibodies; Chapter 12. Autoantibodies in Therapeutic Preparations of Human IgG (IVIg); Chapter 13. Autoantibodies that Penetrate into Living Cells; Chapter 14. Autoantibody Subclasses; Chapter 15. ß2-Glycoprotein I Autoantibodies

Chapter 16. Beta-adrenergic Receptor (and other Hormone Receptor) AutoantibodiesChapter 17. Bromelain-treated Erythro…