Autoimmunity

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Preface Francesco M. Marincola
SECTION IINTRODUCTION TO IMMUNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
1. Gene expression and regulationSandra Ramírez-Clavijo, Gladis Montoya-Ortíz
2. Innate immune system Beatriz Aristizábal, Ángel González
3. Toll-like receptors and autoimmunityGloria Vásquez, Soraya Zorro
4. The complement system Rafael Parra-Medina, Paula Quintero-Ronderos, Édgar Garavito Rodríguez
5. Introduction to T and B lymphocytesLuz Elena Cano R, Damaris E. Lopera H
6. B lymphocytes in autoimmunity Jorge H. Izquierdo, Carlos A. Cañas, Gabriel J. Tobón
7. T lymphocytes in autoimmunity Alejandro Ruiz-Argüelles
8. Are autoimmune disease autoimmune epithelitis? Édgar Garavito Rodríguez, Grégory Alfonso García Morán
9. Cytokines, chemokines and growth factors Grégory Alfonso García Morán, Rafael Parra-Medina, Ananías García Cardona, Paula Quintero-Ronderos,Édgar Garavito Rodríguez
10. Major histocompatibility complex: Antigen processing and presentation Paola Cruz-Tapias, John Castiblanco, Juan-Manuel Anaya
11. Immunosenescence Gladis Montoya-Ortíz
12. The endocrine system and autoimmunityLuis J. Jara, Gabriela Medina, Stephanie Voorduin, Griselda Romero-Sánchez, Miguel A. Saavedra, Olga Vera-Lastra
13. Cell Death Luisa Marina Matheus Merino, Rafael Parra-Medina, Mónica Ararat Sarria, Jaime Alberto Díaz Galvis
SECTION IIFROM THE MOSAIC OF AUTOIMMUNITY TO THE AUTOIMMUNE TAUTOLOGY
14. From the mosaic of autoimmunity to the autoimmune tautologyJuan-Manuel Anaya, Adriana Rojas-Villarraga, Yehuda Shoenfeld
15. Evolution and autoimmunity Carlos A. Cañas, Fabio Bonilla-Abadía, Gabriel J. Tobón
16. Introduction to genetics of autoimmune diseasesJohn Castiblanco, Mauricio Arcos-Burgos, Juan-Manuel Anaya
17. HLA association with autoimmune diseases Paola Cruz-Tapias, John Castiblanco, Juan-Manuel Anaya
18. Non-HLA genes and autoimmune diseases Juan-Manuel Anaya, John Castiblanco, Christopher J. Lessard
19. Infection and autoimmune diseases María-Teresa Arango, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Ricard Cervera, Juan-Manuel Anaya
20. Autoimmune ecology Adriana Rojas-Villarraga, Juan Castellanos-de la Hoz, Oscar M. Pérez-Fernández, Jenny Amaya-Amaya,Juan-Sebastián Franco, Juan-Manuel Anaya
21. Molecular mimicry in autoimmunity and vaccinations Miri Blank, Eitan Israeli, Smadar Gertel, Howard Amital, Yehuda Shoenfeld
22. Epigenetics and autoimmune diseases Paula Quintero-Ronderos, Gladis Montoya-Ortíz
23. Immunological computation Gerardo Quintana López, Luis Antonio Morales, Luis Fernando Niño
SECTION IIIAUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
24. Rheumatoid arthritis Jenny Amaya-Amaya, Adriana Rojas-Villarraga, Rubén D. Mantilla, Juan-Manuel Anaya
25. Systemic lupus erythematosusMario García-Carrasco, Claudia Mendoza Pinto, Juan Carlos Solís Poblano, Ivet Etchegaray Morales,Ricard Cervera, Juan-Manuel Anaya
26. Antiphospholipid syndromeMario García-Carrasco, Claudia Mendoza Pinto, César Jiménez Hernández, Juan Carlos Solís Poblano,Ivet Etchegaray Morales, Socorro Méndez Martínez
27. Systemic autoimmune diseases and pregnancy Roger A. Levy, Claudia Mendoza Pinto, Vinicius Domingues, Guilherme de Jesús, Mario García-Carrasco,Nilson Ramírez de Jesús, Ricard Cervera
28. Sjögren’s syndromeJuan Camilo Sarmiento-Monroy, Rubén D. Mantilla, Adriana Rojas-Villarraga, Juan-Manuel Anaya
29. Autoimmune diabetes mellitus (Type 1A) Andrés F. Echeverri, Gabriel J. Tobón
30. Thyroid disease and autoimmune diseases Juan-Sebastián Franco, Jenny Amaya-Amaya, Juan-Manuel Anaya
31. Autoimmune hepatitis Nazarena Ferreyra Solari, Alejandra Claudia Cherñavsky
32. Primary biliary cirrhosis Dahyana Cadavid, Andrés F. Echeverri, Carlos A. Cañas
33. Celiac disease Rafael Parra-Medina, Alejandra Claudia Cherñavsky
34. Dermatological autoimmune diseasesEsperanza Ávalos-Díaz, Rafael Herrera Esparza
35. Systemic sclerosisPaola Ximena Coral-Alvarado, Paul Alejandro Méndez Patarroyo, Gerardo Quintana López
36. Systemic vasculitis Ana Beatriz Santos Bacchiega, Manuella Lima Gomes Ochtrop, Alexandre W S de Souza
37. Autoimmune uveitis Manuel J. Amador-Patarroyo, Alba Cristina Peñaranda, María Teresa Bernal
38. Cardiovascular involvement in autoimmune diseases Jenny Amaya-Amaya, Juan Camilo Sarmiento-Monroy, Adriana Rojas-Villarraga
39. Autoimmune diseases and cancerMichael Ehrenfeld
40. The early autoimmune disease clinic. The case of rheumatoid arthritis Carlos E. Toro-Gutiérrez, Lorena Bejarano-Pineda, Juan Manuel Pino, Yiset Adriana Fernández,Alejandro López, León Felipe Jaramillo, Álvaro Arbeláez-Cortés
SECTION IVINNOVATIVE THERAPIES
41. Intravenous immunoglobulin-customized therapyGisele Zandman-Goddard, Yehuda Shoenfeld
42. Autologous peripheral hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Álvaro Arbeláez-Cortés, Lorena Bejarano-Pineda, Carlos E. Toro-Gutiérrez
43. RNAi and autoimmunity Felipe Cañas-Orduz, Gabriel J. Tobón, Carlos A. Cañas
44. Nanotechnology and autoimmunityArley Gómez López
SECTION VBASIC PRINCIPLES OF LABORATORY
45. Cell culture and cell analysis María-Teresa Arango, Paula Quintero-Ronderos, John Castiblanco, Gladis Montoya-Ortíz
46. Analysis of nucleic acids Paola Cruz-Tapias, John Castiblanco, Nidia E. Correa, Gladis Montoya-Ortíz
47. A primer on current and common sequencing technologies John Castiblanco
48. Analysis of proteins and antibodies Paula Quintero-Ronderos, María-Teresa Arango, John Castiblanco, Nidia E. Correa, Gladis Montoya-Ortíz
49. Epigenetic tools in autoimmune diseasesPaula Quintero-Ronderos, Marcela Burgos, Gladis Montoya-Ortíz
Contributors Index