1st Edition

The Immunogenetics of Autoimmune Diseases, Volume I

By Nadir R. Farid Copyright 1990
    224 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Many developments in immunology have occurred over the past 10 years that give us a better understanding of the immune system and its dysfunctions. Refined mapping of the major histocompatibility complex

    Volume I:
    Development of the Antibody Repertoire
    T Cell Antigen Receptors
    A Primer on Antigen Processing and Presentation
    The T Cell Circuits - Their Defects in Autoimmunity
    Hormones, Genes, and Autoimmunity
    Regulatory Idiotypes: Roles in Autoregulation and Autoimmunity
    Natural Autoantibodies in Regulation of Immune Homeostasis and Autoimmune Diseases
    T Cell Receptor and Autoimmune Disease
    Virus-Induced Autoimmunity
    MHC Molecule Expression in Nonlymphoid Tissue: Implication for Autoimmunity
    Experimental Regulation of Autoimmune kDisease
    Major Histocompatibility Complex Allele-Disease Associations in the Light of Extended Haplotypes
    Theoretical Modeling and Population Epidemiology of Complex Genetic Diseases
    Index

    Biography

    Nadir R. Farid