Epigenetic Contributions in Autoimmune Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ballestar, Esteban (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 711
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical genetics.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Gene Function.

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

Table of 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.