Epigenetic contributions in autoimmune disease

This volume focuses on the relevance of epigenetic mechanisms in autoimmune disease. It provides new directions for future research in autoimmune disease.

Other Authors: Ballestar, Esteban, 1969-, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York : Austin, Tex. : Springer Science+Business Media ; Landes Bioscience, ©2011.
New York : Austin, Tex. : [2011]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 182 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 711.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • An introduction to epigenetics / Esteban Ballestar
  • Chromatin mechanisms regulating gene expression in health and disease / Constanze Bonifer and Peter N. Cockerill
  • Epigenetic control of lymphocyte differentiation / Eduardo Lopez-Granados
  • Epigenetic control in immune function / Peter J. van den Elsen, Marja C.J.A. van Eggermond, and Rutger J. Wierda
  • DNA methylation and B-cell autoreactivity / Soizic Garaud, Pierre Youinou, and Yves Renaudineau
  • Environmental agents and autoimmune diseases / Frederick W. Miller
  • Epigenetic dysregulation of Epstein-Barr virus latency and development of autoimmune disease / Hans Helmut Niller [and others]
  • Does genomic imprinting play a role in autoimmunity? / Cristina Camprubø and David Monk
  • A new epigenetic challenge : systemic lupus erythematosus / Biola M. Javierre and Bruce C. Richardson
  • Epigenetic deregulation in rheumatoid arthritis / Emmanuel Karouzakis [and others]
  • Prospects for epigenetic compounds in the treatment of autoimmune disease / Nadine Chapman-Rothe and Robert Brown
  • Profiling epigenetic alterations in disease / Josø Ignacio Martøn-Subero and Manel Esteller.