Preface ....................................................... vii
Chapter 1 Natural Catalytic Antibodies in Norm and in
Autoimmune Diseases .................................. 1
G.A. Nevinsky
Chapter 2 Lupus Nephritis: Frontiers and Challenges:
A Comprehensive Overview ........................... 107
Hussein Sheashaa, Tarek Abbas, Fatma Moustafa,
Khaled Mahmoud, Amgad el-Agroudy, Anil Chandraker,
Nidyanandh Vadivel, Rashad Hassan, Ashraf Bakr,
Mohamed Zedan, Noha Tharwat, Wael Elkady and
Mohamed Sobh
Chapter 3 From Immunobiology to Genetics: In Search of
a Cure for Autoimmunity ............................ 167
Sylvie Lesage, Erin E. Hillhouse, Véronique Dugas,
Geneviève Chabot-Roy, Adam-Nicolas Pelletier,
Marie Vilquin and Fanny Guimont-Desrochers
Chapter 4 Central Nervous System Manifestations in Systemic
Lupus Erythematosus: Diagnosis to Treatment ........ 209
Simone Appenzeller and Mariana Postal
Chapter 5 Emerging Methods in Type 1 Diabetes
Immunomodulation: Beyond the Conventional .......... 233
Brett E. Phillips and Nick Giannoukakis
Chapter 6 Lupus Nephritis: from Diagnosis to Treatment ....... 251
Nailu Angelica Sinicato, Mariana Postal and
Simone Appenzeller
Chapter 7 Clinical Features of Axonal Guillain-Barré
Syndrome ........................................... 265
Akiyuki Hiraga, Masahiro Mori and Satoshi
Kuwabara
Chapter 8 Removal [Blockage] of Hyperproduced Cytokines -
A New Approach to the Treatment of Autoimmune
Conditions ......................................... 277
Simon V. Skurkovich
Chapter 9 Revolutionary Bone Marrow Transplantation
Method for Stem Cell Disorders ..................... 289
Susumu Ikehara
Chapter 10 Immunological Control of Adult Neural Stem Cells ... 303
Oscar Gonzalez-Perez, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa
and Jose Manuel Garcia-Verdugo
Chapter 11 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Systemic
Lupus Erythematosus ................................ 317
L.F. Andre Costa and Simone Appenzeller
Chapter 12 Fatigue in Guillain-Barrй Syndrome: Activity-
Dependent Conduction Block ......................... 329
Hiroyuki Nodera and Atsuko Nodera
Chapter 13 Could Computerized Devices for Optic Nerve Head
Analysis Find out Loss of Ganglion Cells in Not-
Glaucomatous Damage? ............................... 341
Michele Iester, Marina Papadia and Alessandro
Bagnis
Chapter 14 Structural Biology Insights into the Autoantigens
of the Myelin Sheath ............................... 349
Petri Kursula
Chapter 15 Autoimmune Initiation of Multiple Sclerosis:
Molecular Aspects .................................. 369
C. Fred Westall
Chapter 16 Genetic Control of T Cell Tolerance and
Susceptibility to Autoimmune Disease ............... 403
Lydia Makaroff, Michelle Linterman and Adrian
Liston
Index ......................................................... 437
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