Ebook: Autoimmune Diseases: Contributing Factors, Specific Cases of Autoimmune Diseases, and Stem Cell and Other Therapies

InTeOp, 2012. - 401 p. - ISBN: 9535106937 9789535106937.This book aims to present the latest knowledge and insights regarding the different contributing factors and their interplay, discussions on several autoimmune diseases and their case studies, and therapeutic treatments, including stem cell, for autoimmune diseases.
Autoimmune disease represents a group of more than 60 different chronic autoimmune diseases that affect approximately 6% of the population. Autoimmune diseases arise when ones immune system actively targets and destroys self tissue resulting in clinical disease with prime examples such as Lupus and Type 1 diabetes.
The immune system is designed to protect us from foreign pathogens such as viruses and bacteria. However, during the process of generating immune cells for this purpose, as a negative consequence, self-reactive immune cells are also generated.Contents.Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Disease.
Current Theories for Multiple Sclerosis Pathogenesis and Treatment.
Immunologic and Genetic Factors in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.
Balancing Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory CD4+ T Helper Cells in the Intestine.
T Cell Metabolism in Autoimmune Diseases.
Apoptosis and Autoimmune Disorders.

Specific Autoimmune Diseases.
Immune Complex Deposits as a Characteristic Feature of Mercury-Induced SLE-Like Autoimmune Process in Inbred and Outbred Mice.
Celiac and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in Children with Primary Humoral Immunodeficiency.
Central Nervous System Resident Cells in Neuroinflammation: A Brave New World.
Autoimmune Encephalitis in Rural Central Illinois.
The Role of the Antigen GAD 65 in Diabetes Mellitus Type 1: A Molecular Analysis.Stem Cell and Other Therapies for Autoimmune Disease.
New Therapeutic Challenges in Autoimmune Diseases.
Stem Cell Therapies for Type I Diabetes.
Stem Cell-Based Cellular Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Biologic Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Biologic Therapy in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis - A Unique Single Centre.
Experience at the Scientific-Research Pediatric Centre in the Russian Federation.