Principles of Osteoimmunology Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Applications /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Pietschmann, Peter (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Immunology.; Rheumatology.; Cytokines.; Growth factors.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Cytokines and Growth Factors.

This fully updated and extended second edition provides a comprehensive overview on the basic concepts of the rapidly developing field of osteoimmunology and also offers in-depth insights into the molecular mechanisms of bone diseases. Clinical data is presented and put into context with the latest...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Basics of bone biology
• Towards the automated detection and characterization of osteoclasts in microscopic images
• An introduction to the immune system
• Effects of vitamin D in the immune system
• Osteoimmunological aspects of biomechanics
• Utility of the determination of biomarkers of bone metabolism
• Osteoporosis: Pathophysiology and clinical aspects
• Rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis
• RANKL inhibition: preclinical data
• RANKL inhibition: clinical data
• Osteoimmunological aspects of periodontal diseases
• Transplantation immunology.