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Informationen zum Autor M. Eric Gershwin is the editor of Autoimmunity, Part A: Basic Principles and New Diagnostic Tools, Volume 1109, published by Wiley. Yehuda Shoenfeld is an Israeli physician and autoimmunity researcher. Klappentext The incidence of autoimmune diseases is increasing worldwide, and the search for better management of these diseases and even for a cure is being pursued by scientists from many disciplines. Tools from the areas of genetics, neuroscience, cell biology, virology, and infectious disease are being applied to the problem and are yielding useful results. This volume contains the first section of the proceedings of a large, comprehensive meeting held in Sorrento, Italy. Because the meeting focused on such an important area of human health, four volumes have been dedicated to it: Part A presents new principles in autoimmunity, including the roles of key players such as designed ankyrin repeat proteins, SLAM-associated protein, interleukin-12, human proteinase 3, the complement system, IgG, disturbances in cytokine synthesis, and IFN-? blockers. The second section of the volume takes a look at new diagnostic tools, including screening of endothelial expression libraries, electrical skin impedance, and IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody assays. Autoimmunity, Part B continues the presentation of basic research and its applications with a focus on genetics. Parts C and D present the clinical research in various manifestations of autoimmune disease and its treatments. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas . ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order ( www.nyas.org ). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit www.nyas.org/membership/main.asp for more information about becoming a member. Zusammenfassung The incidence of autoimmune diseases is increasing worldwide! and the search for better management of these disease and even for a cure is being pursued by scientists from many disciplines. Tools from the areas of genetics! neuorscience! cell biology! virology! and infectious disease are being applied to the problem and are yielding useful results. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword (M. Eric Gershwin and Yehuda Shoenfeld) . Part I: New Principles of Autoimmunity. 1. The Nature and Nurture of Common Autoimmunity (John Castiblanco and Juan-Manuel Anaya). 2. Designed Ankyrin Repeat Proteins as Anti-Idiotypic Binding Molecules (Monique Vogel, Elsbeth Keller-Gautschi, Michael J. Baumann, Patrick Amstutz, Christine Ruf, Franz Kricek, Beda M. Stadler). 3. SLAM-Associated Protein (SAP) Solves a Mystery of Autoimmunity: (Shigemasa Sawada, Masami Takei, Tetsuyosi Ishiwata, Hidetaka Shiraiwa, Hirotake Inomata, Takamasa Nozaki). 4. Standardization of Autoimmune Diagnostics in Germany - Activities of the German Group in the European Autoimmune Standardisation Initiative (Ulrich Sack, Karsten Conrad, Elena Csernok, Ingrid Frank, Michael Haass, Torsten Krieger, Michael Seyfarth, Udo Schlosser, Reinhold E. Schmidt, Torsten Witte). 5. Autoimmunity and Time Entanglement (Juan I. Poo, Pablo I. Martin, Enrique Rewald). 6. The Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Interleukin-12 (Hyun-Dong Chang, Andreas Radbruch). 7. NKG2D and Natural Cytotoxicity Receptors Are Involved in Natural Killer Cell Interaction with Self-Antigen Presenting Cells and Stromal Cells (Poggi Alessandro, Prevosto Claudia, Zancolli Marta, Paolo Canevali, Alessandra Musso, Zocchi Maria Raffaella). 8. The Role of Toll-Like ...
