Since publication of the 4th Edition of The Autoimmune Diseases in 2006, the understanding of the immune mechanisms underlying autoimmunity and autoimmune disease has significantly deepened and broadened. This fully revised 5th Edition incorporates new material and combines common themes underlying inductive and effector mechanisms and therapies that relate generally to the autoimmune disorders. It discusses the biological basis of disease at genetic, molecular, cellular, and epidemiologic levels and includes expanded coverage of autoinflammatory disease and autoimmune responses to tumors. - Gives a thorough and an important overview on the entire field, framing individual disease chapters with information that compares and contrasts each disorder and therapy - Provides thorough, up-to-date information on specific diseases, along with clinical applications, in an easily found reference for clinicians and researchers interested in certain diseases - Keeps readers abreast of current trends and emerging areas in the field - Ensures that content is not only up-to-date, but applicable and relevant

Regulatory T cells and Autoimmune Diseases addresses recent findings concerning the role of Tregs in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases as well as their therapeutic aspects. In particular, this book deals with the various Treg based mechanisms which can lead to autoimmune diseases and covers the different aspects of linking Tregs with autoimmune mechanisms involved in disease development by discussing animal models and human studies. The book specifically focuses on the Treg based therapeutics and their targets to manage all known autoimmune rheumatic, central nervous system, bowel, liver, thyroid, kidney, myopathic, skin, blood & blood vessel, and eye diseases and aims to provide a must-have reference for designing therapeutic strategies to treat these autoimmune diseases. Additionally, the book covers the vaccines induced effects on functioning of Tregs and development of CAR Tregs therapy for these autoimmune diseases and concludes with current challenges and future prospects of Treg-based therapeutics. It is carefully designed to meet the requirements of both basic and advanced researchers in the area and give new dimensions and insight into the regulatory T cells' role in autoimmune disease pathogenesis and therapeutic aspects. - Brings the reader up-to-date on the mechanisms of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in pathogenesis and therapeutics of all autoimmune diseases known to date - Provides explicit color illustrations and comprehensible tables for explaining the mechanistic aspects and emerging information in the field - Includes human clinical trials and animal model studies for Tregs in diverse autoimmune diseases for the mitigation of the symptoms of autoimmune diseases - Offers scientifically applicable and relevant content for readers of various disciplines, including biomedical sciences, medical microbiology/biotechnology, immunology, and medicine

This is a comprehensive and novel text that examines key features that predispose individuals to autoimmune diseases. The first section details the basic mechanism of autoimmunity and examines immunogenetic and environmental factors in autoimmunity. The next section examines autoimmune thyroid disease. The third section takes a look at Type 1 diabetes mellitus. In the final section, authors explain other autoimmune endocrinopathies.

Despite increasing research to facilitate the understanding of the pathophysiology of autoimmune disorders, the exact cause of the incident of autoimmunity is unknown. Current concepts on the occurrence of autoimmune diseases are thought to involve autoantigens, genetic predisposition, disease triggers, and the breakdown of immune tolerance. In addition to the breakdown of immunological tolerance, one key characteristic of autoimmune disease is that within a single disease there is considerable variability in the clinical manifestation and severity in patients. Single-cell omics have emerged as an effective means of unraveling the complexity and heterogeneity of chronic disease development and therapeutic responses. Recently, advances in cutting-edge spatial profiling of diverse cell types have increased our understanding of how distinct cells interact and orchestrate at specific locations across a tissue landscape in both physiological and pathological contexts at the single-cell level.

A comprehensive guide to diseases of the immune system, listing names, symptoms, research, treatments available and more.

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