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Title Autoantibodies : detection, pathogenicity, and health implications / Graham E. Jenkins and Joanne I. Hall, editors
Published [Hauppauge] New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, [2012]

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Series Immunology and immune system disorders
Public health in the 21st century
Immunology and immune system disorders.
Public health in the 21st century series.
Contents AUTOANTIBODIES DETECTION, PATHOGENICITY AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS ; AUTOANTIBODIES DETECTION, PATHOGENICITY AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; IMPLICATED AUTOANTIBODIES IN A KIDNEY DISEASE ; ABBREVIATIONS ; ADDITIONAL WELL KNOWN ABBREVIATIONS ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; AUTOIMMUNITY ; DETECTION OF AABS IN THE CIRCULATION AND IN SITU PATHOGENIC AAB RESPONSE AGAINST TARGET ANTIGENIC SITES IN THE KIDNEYS OF SPHN RATS ; PATHOGENICITY OF IGG AABS AGAINST KIDNEY AGS IN SPHN ; NON-PATHOGENIC IGM AABS AGAINST KIDNEY AGS IN SPHN ; HEALTH IMPLICATIONS
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF A PATHOGENIC IGG AAB INITIATED AND MAINTAINED EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE BY THE MODIFIED VACCINATION TECHNIQUE (MVT) CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; ANTI-FACTOR H AUTOANTIBODIES IN KIDNEY DISEASE: DETECTION, PATHOGENIC ROLE AND RELEVANCE FOR TREATMENT; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; FACTOR H; ANTI-FACTOR H AUTOANTIBODIES; Anti-Factor H Autoantibodies in Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome ; Anti-Factor H Autoantibodies in Dense Deposit Disease ; Anti-Factor H Autoantibodies in other Diseases ; DETECTION OF ANTI-FACTOR H AUTOANTIBODIES
ARE ANTI-FACTOR H AUTOANTIBODIES PATHOGENIC? RELEVANCE OF THE AUTOANTIBODIES TO TREATMENT ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; AUTOANTIBODIES IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; THE BLOOD-BRAIN-BARRIER (BBB): CONNECTION TO THE AD AUTOIMMUNITY HYPOTHESIS; AUTOANTIBODIES AGAINST AB PEPTIDES ; AUTOANTIBODIES AGAINST ATP SYNTHASE ; REDOX REACTIVE AUTOANTIBODIES ; AUTOANTIBODIES AGAINST NICOTINIC ACETYLOCHOLINE RECEPTORS ; AUTOANTIBODIES AGAINST GANGLIOSIDE GM1 ; AUTOANTIBODIES AGAINST OXIDIZED LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
AUTOANTIBODIES AGAINST SERINE/ARGININE PROTEIN KINASE 1 AUTOANTIBODY PROFILES IN HUMAN SERA ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; AUTOIMMUNITY IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ABSTRACT ; COMMON ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS TEXT ; 1.0. DEFINITION OF AUTOIMMUNITY ; 2.0. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY AND PREECLAMPSIA ; 2.1. Dilated Cardiomyopathy Characteristics and Prevalence ; 2.2. Preeclampsia Characteristics and Prevalence ; 3.0. DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY AUTOANTIBODY IMPORTANCE ; 3.1. Ý1-Adrenergic Receptor Agonistic Autoantibody (Ý1R-AA)
3.2. Muscarinic M2 Receptor Agonistic Autoantibody (M2R-AA) 3.3. Clinical Significance ; 4.0. AUTOANTIBODY AND SIGNIFICANCE IN PREECLAMPSIA ; 4.1. In Vitro Studies of PE ; 4.2. Effects of PE in Various Laboratory and Clinical Settings ; A. Mouse Studies with Adoptive Transfer ; B. Rat Studies with Adoptive Transfer ; C. Human Evidence Supporting Autoantibody Role in PE ; 5.0. AUTOANTIBODY RECEPTOR BINDING AND PRODUCTION ; 5.1. Mechanisms Underlying Ý1R-AA Production ; 5.2. Mechanisms Underlying AT1-AA Production and Function; 6.0. THERAPEUTIC CONSIDERATIONS
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Autoantibodies.
Autoantibodies -- Analysis.
Autoimmunity.
Autoantibodies
Autoimmunity
MEDICAL -- Immunology.
Autoantibodies
Autoantibodies -- Analysis
Autoimmunity
Form Electronic book
Author Jenkins, Graham E., editor
Hall, Joanne I., editor
LC no. 2020679769
ISBN 9781620815885
1620815885