This volume focuses on the relevance of epigenetic mechanisms in autoimmune disease. It provides new directions for future research in autoimmune disease.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
AN INTRODUCTION TO EPIGENETICS. - CHROMATIN MECHANISMS REGULATING GENE EXPRESSION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. - EPIGENETIC CONTROL OF LYMPHOCYTE DIFERENTIATION. - EPIGENETIC CONTROL IN IMMUNE FUNCTION. - DNA METHYLATION AND B CELL AUTOR EACTIVITY. - ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES. - EPIGENETIC DYSREGULATION OF EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS LATENCY AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. - DOES GENOMIC IMPRINTING PLAY A ROLE IN AUTOIMMUNITY? . - A NEW EPIGENETIC CHALLENGE: SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS. - EPIGENETIC DEREGULATION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. - PROSPECTS FOR EPIGENETIC COMPOUNDS IN THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. - PROFILING EPIGENETIC ALTERATIONS IN DISEASE.