Overview
- Up to date comprehensive work
- The only volume of its kind to cover gene therapy for autoimmune diseases
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Medical Intelligence Unit (MIUN)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Autoimmune diseases are diverse and responsible for considerable morbidity. Their etiology remains largely unknown, and current therapy with anti-inflammatory drugs is prone to adverse effects, and rarely curative. New therapies with anti-cytokine antibodies or receptors are promising, but require frequent administration of expensive protein drugs.
Gene Therapy of Autoimmune Diseases comprehensively reviews research in gene therapy for autoimmune diseases with viral or non-viral vectors. Gene therapy offers the possibility of long-term, continuous delivery of a wide variety of immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory, or tolerance-inducing agents. Moreover, highly specific genetically modified cells can be produced. This book discusses the most promising avenues in this exciting new field.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gene Therapy of Autoimmune Disease
Authors: Gérald J. Prud’homme
Series Title: Medical Intelligence Unit
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28670-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-47991-5Published: 13 July 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3427-7Published: 11 February 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-28670-9Published: 26 February 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 149
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Genetics, Immunology