Editors:
- Reviewing the contribution of epigenetic modifications to the onset and progression of allergy and autoimmune diseases
- Providing the cutting-edge research developments in the field
- Including various allergic and autoimmune diseases
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1253)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Autoimmune Diseases
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Front Matter
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Division of Pediatric Immunology and Allergy, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Hollywood, USA
Christopher Chang
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Department of Dermatology, Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenomics, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
Qianjin Lu
About the editors
Dr. Christopher Chang is a Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the University of California, Davis. He is Professor of Pediatrics at Florida International University and Florida Atlantic University and is Medical Director of Pediatric Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Memorial Health Systems. He is also a visiting Professor at Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University in Changsha, Hunan, China. Dr. Chang is a fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, and a member of the Clinical Immunology Society and the American Association of Immunologists. His interests are mainly focused on epigenetic regulation in allergy and autoimmune diseases. He has published more than 40 articles in this field. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine, Co-Editor of the Journal of Translational Autoimmunity and Associate Editor of Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology.
Dr. Qianjin Lu is currently Professor and Director of the Institute of Dermatology at the Central South University. He is also Director of the Hunan Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenomics, and current President of the Chinese Society of Dermatology. Professor Lu has accumulated rich clinical experience in dermatology, especially in the areas of lupus and psoriasis. He has conducted research in epigenetic and autoimmunity for more than twenty years and he is especially interested in epigenetic regulation in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus and psoriasis. Professor Lu has published 200 papers in high impact journals including Lancet, JAMA, Blood, J Clin Invest, Ann Rheum Dis and J Immunol, etc. In recent years, Professor Lu was honored with several awards such as Second Prize of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Award, First Prize of the Natural Scientific Research Award of Hunan Province, First Prize of the Scientific and Technological Progress Award of Hunan Province and Outstanding Medical Scientist of China.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Epigenetics in Allergy and Autoimmunity
Editors: Christopher Chang, Qianjin Lu
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3449-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3448-5Published: 23 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-3451-5Published: 23 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-3449-2Published: 22 May 2020
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 403
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
Topics: Immunology, Posttranslational Modification, Rheumatology, Allergology