| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 182 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 711 |
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Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 711.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
This volume focuses on the relevance of epigenetic mechanisms in autoimmune disease. It provides new directions for future research in autoimmune disease |
| Analysis |
biomedische wetenschappen |
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biomedicine |
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moleculaire genetica |
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molecular genetics |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Autoimmune diseases -- Genetic aspects
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Epigenesis.
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Autoimmune Diseases -- genetics
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Epigenesis, Genetic -- immunology
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Autoimmune diseases -- Genetic aspects
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Epigenesis
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ballestar, Esteban, 1969-
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| LC no. |
2010045801 |
| ISBN |
9781441982162 |
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1441982167 |
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9781441982155 |
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1441982159 |
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