From Basic Immunology to Immune-Mediated Demyelination [Paperback]

Protective versus harmful responses and immune regulation Organization of the immune system antigen recongnition and autoimmunity Assembly and function of immunoglobulines during B cell development Immunological tolerance Pathogenetic mechanisms of autoimmunity Adhesion receptors involved in leukocyte functions The endothelium of the brain microvasculature and the organization of intercellular junction Chemokine and chemokine receptors The1/Th2 cytokine network Lymphocyte trafficking in the central nervous system Antigen presentation in the central nervous system Adhesion molecules and the blood-brain-barrier in multiple sclerosis Myelination steps in the central nervous system Genomic screen in multiple slerosis MHC and multiple sclerosis Cytokine genes in multiple sclerosis Non-myelin antigen autoreactivity in multiple sclerosis Myelin antigen autoreactivity in multiple sclerosis Inflammation and demyelination Magnetic resonance and blood-brain barrier dysfunction in multiple sclerosis Immunotherapies for multiple sclerosis Animal models of demyelination of the central nervous system MHC and non MHC genetics of rat EAE Genetic of hereditary neuropathies Animal models of demyelination in the PNS Immune-mediated neuropathies: diagnostic procedures Pathology of demyelination neuropathies Immunopathogenetic role of anti-neural antibodes in demyelinating dysimmune neuropathiesSpringer Book Archives