The autoimmune diseases

by Mackay, Ian R. Rose, Noel R.

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Title Statements

Full title :The autoimmune diseases / edited by Noel R. Rose, Ian R. Mackay.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2020
Edition:Sixth edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Academic Press
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2020

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780128122426, 0128122420
oclc:on1124925200
LC Classification:RC600
Dewey Decimal:616.978

Autoimmune disease: reflections and projections -- Autoimmunity: a history of the early struggle for recognition -- General features of autoimmune disease -- Innate and adaptive systems of immunity -- Immunological tolerance: T cells -- T cells and their subsets in autoimmunity -- The role of invariant natural killer T cells in autoimmune diseases -- B-cell development: how to become one of the chosen ones -- B cell activation and b cell tolerance -- Macrophages and autoimmunity -- Dendritic cells in autoimmune disease -- Natural killer cells -- Granulocytes: neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils -- The roles and contributions of the complement system in the pathophysiology of autoimmune diseases -- Cytokines, their receptors and signals -- Cell death and autoimmune disease -- Autophagy in autoimmunity -- Effector mechanisms in autoimmunity -- Diet, the gut microbiome, and autoimmune diseases -- Noninfectious environmental agents and autoimmunity -- Microbial infection as a trigger of T-cell autoimmunity -- Autoimmune diseases: the role for vaccines -- Genetic predisposition, humans -- Sexual dimorphism in the immune system -- Epigenetics of autoimmune diseases -- Genetic predisposi…