Current Concepts in Autoimmunity and Chronic Inflammation

The ethiopathologies of autoimmune diseases are complex. A broad variety of cell types and gene products are involved. However, clinical and experimental evidence suggests that the importance of an individual factor changes during the course of the disease. Factors and cell types that induce acute autoreactivity and initiate an autoimmune disease could be distinct from those that drive a chronic course of that diseaseCurrent Concepts in Autoimmunity and Chronic Inflammation , was published 2006 under ISBN 9783540297130 and ISBN 3540297138.