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Epigenetic Contributions in Autoimmune Disease

  • Esteban Ballestar
Book

Part of the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology book series (AEMB, volume 711)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xvi
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  2. An Introduction to Epigenetics
    Esteban Ballestar
    Pages 1-11
  3. Chromatin Mechanisms Regulating Gene Expression in Health and Disease
    Constanze Bonifer, Peter N. Cockerill
    Pages 12-25
  4. Epigenetic Control of Lymphocyte Differentiation
    Eduardo Lopez-Granados
    Pages 26-35
  5. Epigenetic Control in Immune Function
    Peter J. van den Elsen, Marja C. J. A. van Eggermond, Rutger J. Wierda
    Pages 36-49
  6. DNA Methylation and B-Cell Autoreactivity
    Soizic Garaud, Pierre Youinou, Yves Renaudineau
    Pages 50-60
  7. Environmental Agents and Autoimmune Diseases
    Frederick W. Miller
    Pages 61-81
  8. Epigenetic Dysregulation of Epstein-Barr Virus Latency and Development of Autoimmune Disease
    Hans Helmut Niller, Hans Wolf, Eva Ay, Janos Minarovits
    Pages 82-102
  9. Does Genomic Imprinting Play a Role in Autoimmunity?
    Cristina Camprubí, David Monk
    Pages 103-116
  10. A New Epigenetic Challenge: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
    Biola M. Javierre, Bruce Richardson
    Pages 117-136
  11. Epigenetic Deregulation in Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Emmanuel Karouzakis, Renate E. Gay, Steffen Gay, Michel Neidhart
    Pages 137-149
  12. Prospects for Epigenetic Compounds in the Treatment of Autoimmune Disease
    Nadine Chapman-Rothe, Robert Brown
    Pages 150-161
  13. Profiling Epigenetic Alterations in Disease
    José Ignacio Martín-Subero, Manel Esteller
    Pages 162-177
  14. Back Matter
    Pages 179-182
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About this book

Introduction

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

Keywords

Autoimmune Ballestar DNA Disease Epigenetic

Editors and affiliations

  • Esteban Ballestar
    • 1
  1. 1.Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)BarcelonaSpain

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8216-2
  • Copyright Information Landes Bioscience and Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
  • Publisher Name Springer, Boston, MA
  • eBook Packages Biomedical and Life Sciences
  • Print ISBN 978-1-4419-8215-5
  • Online ISBN 978-1-4419-8216-2
  • Series Print ISSN 0065-2598
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