Gene Therapy for Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Chernajovsky, Yuti (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Robbins, Paul D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Basel : Springer Basel, 2010.
• Σειρά: Milestones in Drug Therapy
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Gene therapy.; Immunology.; Molecular biology.; Pharmacology.; Rheumatology.; Biomedicine.; Gene Therapy.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Molecular Medicine.

In this monograph about gene therapy of autoimmune and inflammatory d- orders we have gathered international experts and leaders from different fields to review the state of the art advances on topics ranging from disease entities to vectors and engineered cells. The different approaches described i...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Gene therapy for arthritis
• Gene therapy for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
• Gene therapy for diabetes
• Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis lung disease
• Gene therapy of multiple sclerosis
• Gene therapy for myositis
• Gene therapy for osteoarthritis
• Gene therapy: Sjögren’s syndrome
• Disease mechanisms, genetic susceptibility and therapeutic approaches in lupus disease
• Regulated promoters
• Development of AAV vectors for the therapy of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases
• Delivery and application of plasmid DNA in arthritis gene therapy
• Helper-dependent adenoviral vectors
• Cells as carriers of gene therapy
• Perspectives for the future developments of gene therapy for autoimmune and inflammatory therapy.