Full Description
This volume focuses on the relevance of epigenetic mechanisms in autoimmune disease. It provides new directions for future research in autoimmune disease.
Contents
AN INTRODUCTION TO EPIGENETICS.- CHROMATIN MECHANISMS REGULATING GENE EXPRESSION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE.- EPIGENETIC CONTROL OF LYMPHOCYTE DIFERENTIATION.- EPIGENETIC CONTROL IN IMMUNE FUNCTION.- DNA METHYLATION AND B‑CELL AUTOR EACTIVITY.- ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES.- EPIGENETIC DYSREGULATION OF EPSTEIN‑BARR VIRUS LATENCY AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.- DOES GENOMIC IMPRINTING PLAY A ROLE IN AUTOIMMUNITY?.- A NEW EPIGENETIC CHALLENGE: SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS.- EPIGENETIC DEREGULATION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS.- PROSPECTS FOR EPIGENETIC COMPOUNDS IN THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.- PROFILING EPIGENETIC ALTERATIONS IN DISEASE.
