Osteoimmunopathology Evidence-Based Perspectives from Molecular Biology to Systems Biology /

• Main Author: Chiappelli, Francesco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Pharmacology.; Biotechnology.; Infectious diseases.; Pathology.; Microbiology.; Biomedicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Osteoimmunology pertains to the study of the relationship between the bones, particularly the bone marrow, and the immune system.   This monograph pursues the best available evidence, by means of research synthesis, for the characterization of the physiological relevance and pathological implication...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: Fundamentals
• Osteoimmunology: Introduction to a new field
• Immunobiology
• Bone metabolism
• The Osteoimmune system: RANK-RANKL (et all)
• Part II: Clinical & Translational Research
• Clinical & Translational research – Fundamental Principles
• Evidence-Based Research in Osteoimmunology
• Evidence-Based Clinical Osteoimmune Practice
• Special population * Problems-Based Osteoimmunology
• Part III: Challenges for the Future
• Biomarkers
• Epigenetic and Chromatin Regulation in Osteoimmune Regulation
• Stem Cells Niches and Osteoimmune Microenvironments
• Techniques & Protocols.-.