Autoimmunity

Presents a coherent view of autoreactivity in health and disease and considers potential new approaches to the therapy of autoimmune diseases. This volume is a vital source of information for clinicians, researchers, faculty, and students in microbiology, immunology and pathology.

Partial table of contents: PHYSIOLOGICAL AUTOREACTIVITY. Autoimmunity Today (A. Coutinho & M. Kazatchkine). Light Chain Variable Region Gene Repertoire in Human Autoantibodies(K. Victor & J. Capra). Stimulation of T and B Cells (J. Andersson, et al.). Lymphocyte Population Kinetics: A Cellular Competition Model (A.Freitas & B. Rocha). Tolerance and Autoimmunity in the Peripheral T-Cell Repertoire (J.Miller). Autoimmunity and Idiotypic Networks (J. Stewart). AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. Boundaries Between Physiological Autoreactivity and PathologicalAutoimmunity (M. Kazatchkine & A. Coutinho). Immunological Disturbances Responsible for Graves' Disease (J.Dwyer). Is Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis a Model of MultipleSclerosis? (E. Heber-Katz). Immunodeficiency and Autoimmunity (F. Rosen). Autoimmunity Tomorrow (A. Coutinho & M. Kazatchkine). Index.