Cancer and autoimmunity /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2000. |
| Description: | xix, 446 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Autoantibody library |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4270674 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: The Immune System, the Autoimmune State and Autoimmune Disease
- Chapter I. Malignancies in Autoimmune Diseases
- 1. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Cancer
- 2. SLE and Cancer
- 3. Malignancies Occurring in Scleroderma
- 4. PSS (Scleroderma) and Cancer
- 5. Vasculitis and Malignancy
- 6. Sjogren's Syndrome and Lymphoproliferative Disease
- 7. Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Temporal Arthritis and Occurrence of Malignant Tumors
- 8. Myositis and Neoplasia
- 9. Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Malignancies
- 10. Malignancy in Coeliac Disease and Dermatitis Herpetiformis
- 11. Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases and Cancer: Evidence of Causality?
- Chapter II. Autoimmunity in Malignant States
- 1. Paraneoplastic Syndromes
- 2. Paraneoplastic Arthritis
- 3. Autoantibodies, Autoimmunity and Cancer
- 4. Autonuclear Antibodies as Potential Markers of Lung Cancer
- 5. Autoantibodies in Cancer Patients and in Persons with a Higher Risk of Cancer Development
- 6. Autoantibodies to the Proliferation-Associated Nuclear Protein CENP-F in Cancer
- 7. p53 Autoantibodies and Cancer: Specificity, Diagnosis and Monitoring
- 8. Humoral Immune Response Against the Growth Suppressor p53 in Human Malignancies
- 9. Expression of ETS Family of Genes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
- 10. Immune Response to Tumor Stress Proteins-Implications for Vaccine Development Against Cancer
- 11. Autoimmunity and B-Cell Malignancies
- 12. Autoimmunity in B-Lymphoproliferative Disorders
- 13. CD5 Positive B Cells: Crossroads of Autoimmunity and Lymphoid Malignancy
- 14. Thymoma and Autoimmune Diseases
- 15. Castleman's Disease and Autoimmunity
- Chapter III. Mechanisms in Cancer and Autoimmunity
- 1. IgA and Cancer
- 2. Apoptosis: The Relation Between Anti-Fas Antibodies, and Immunosurveillance Against Cancer and Autoimmunity
- 3. Hepatitis C Virus, Autoimmunity and Cancer
- 4. The Human Neurotropic Virus, JCV, and Its Association with CNS Tumors
- 5. The Smoking Cancer-Autoimmunity Connection
- 6. Significance and Regulation of the Expression of MHC Class II Molecules on Autoimmune and Neoplastic Thyroid Cells
- 7. Cancer Immunity: A Problem of Self-Tolerance
- 8. Maternal Immune Response to Trophoblast, GTD, and Cancer
- Chapter IV. Therapy in Autoimmunity and Cancer - Common and Different Denominators
- 1. Therapy of Cancer and Autoimmunity: Immuno-modulatory Strategies Based on Modified Dendritic Cells
- 2. Anti-Idiotypic Therapy in Autoimmunity
- 3. Active Specific Immunotherapy of Malignant Diseases - Breaking Tolerance to Self-Antigens with Tumor Associated Antigen Mimics
- 4. Antigen-Specific Antitumor Vaccination: Immunotherapy Versus Autoimmunity
- 5. Bone-marrow Transplantation for Cancer and Autoimmunity
- 6. Post-chemotherapy Rheumatism
- 7. Cyclosporin and Cancer
