Testicular Autoimmunity A Cause of Male Infertility /

• Main Author: Itoh, Masahiro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Reproductive medicine.; Urology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Reproductive Medicine.

This book addresses various aspects of testicular autoimmunity. It has long been suspected that testicular autoimmunity could be one of the causes of idiopathic male infertility. However, it is very difficult to estimate the incidence of testicular autoimmunity in men, as most male patients first re...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1            Biological background of testicular autoimmunity
• Chapter 2            Microcircumstance for induction and prevention of testicular autoimmunity
• Chapter 3            Human testicular autoimmunity as a result of breakdown of testicular immune privilege
• Chapter 4            Testicular autoimmunity by immunization with testicular antigens alone in experimental animals
• Chapter 5            Testicular autoimmunity by the systemic treatment with immuno-potentiating agents in experimental animals
• Chapter 6            Testicular autoimmunity by local injury of the testis in experimental animals.-&a mp;n bsp; Chapter 7            Testicular autoimmunity in experimental animals induced by manipulation of the   immune system
• Chapter 8            The future directions of testicular autoimmunity investigation.