Autoimmune Diseases
eBook - PDF

Autoimmune Diseases

Contributing Factors, Specific Cases of Autoimmune Diseases, and Stem Cell and Other Therapies

  1. 404 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Autoimmune Diseases

Contributing Factors, Specific Cases of Autoimmune Diseases, and Stem Cell and Other Therapies

About this book

Autoimmune disease represents a group of more than 60 different chronic autoimmune diseases that affect approximately 6% of the population. Autoimmune diseases arise when ones immune system actively targets and destroys self tissue resulting in clinical disease with prime examples such as Lupus and Type 1 diabetes. The immune system is designed to protect us from foreign pathogens such as viruses and bacteria. However, during the process of generating immune cells for this purpose, as a negative consequence, self-reactive immune cells are also generated. This book aims to present the latest knowledge and insights regarding the different contributing factors and their interplay, discussions on several autoimmune diseases and their case studies, and therapeutic treatments, including stem cell, for autoimmune diseases.

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Information

Publisher
IntechOpen
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9789535106937
eBook ISBN
9789535170204
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Genetics in Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Autoimmune Diseases - Contributing Factors, Specific Cases of Autoimmune Diseases, and Stem Cell and Other Therapies
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Section 1 Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Disease
  5. Section 2 Specific Autoimmune Diseases
  6. Section 3 Stem Cell and Other Therapies for Autoimmune Disease