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Main description:
Gene therapy for inflammatory diseases is a new , burgeoning field of
medicine. Edited by the undisputed pioneers of this area of research,
this volume is the first devoted to its topic. It contains thirteen
chapters, each written by leaders in their respective fields, that
summarize the state of the art in developing novel, gene based
treatments for inflammatory diseases. As well as providing an
introduction to the basic concepts of gene therapy and the use of naked
DNA approaches, the book describes the advances that have been made in
applying them to arthritis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, diabetes,
Sjogren`s syndrome and transplantation.One chapter is devoted to
discussing the first human clinical trials that apply gene therapy to
the treatment of an inflammatory disease. As well as providing novel
therapeutic approaches, gene therapy facilitates the development of new
and improved animal models of disease; a chapter describing these
advances is also included. As an up-to-date, timely book written by th
Contents:
List of Contributors. Preface. Christopher H. Evans, Paul D. Robbins: Gene therapy for inflammatory diseases - basic concepts. Sergei S. Makarov: Gene therapy for rheumatoid arthritis pre-clinical studies. Thomas Pap, Ulf Muller-Ladner, Klaus M. Hummel, Renate E. Gay and Steffen Gay: Cartilage erosion in rheumatoid arthritis studies in scid mouse model. Thomas S. Muzzonigro, Richard Kang, J. Reinecke, Peter Wehling, M.C. Wasko and James H. Herndon: Gene therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: clinical studies. Alistair J. Ramsay, Simon P. Hogan, Paul S. Foster and Yelin Xiong: Cytokine gene therapy of allergic airways inflammation. Philip C. Fox and Brian C. O'Connell: Gene therapy for inflammatory diseases of the salivary glands. Huang-Ge Zhang, Martin Fleck, Hui-Chen Hsu, Carl K. Edwards III, David T. Curiel, Tong Zhou and John D. Mountz: Gene therapy for management of lupus: correction of Fas and Fas ligand-induced apoptosis in murine disease - therapeutic rational and strategies. Michael K. Shaw, Richard DalCanto and C. Garrison Fathman: Gene therapy for Multiple Sclerosis. Nick Giannoukakis, Massimo Trucco and Paul D. Robbins: Gene therapy for type I Diabetes Mellitus. Jonathan S. Bromberg, Lisa A. DeBruyne, Randall S. Sung and Lihui Qin: Gene transfer to facilitate ransplantation. A. Paul Godillot, Michael Madaio, David B. Weiner and William V. Williams: DNA vaccination as an anti-inflammatory strategy. Masayuki Miyata, Yukio Sato and Reiji Kasukawa: Naked DNA as a gene delivery vehicle in inflammatory diseases. Steven C. Ghivizzani, Eric R. Lechman, Daniel Jaffurs, Zhibao Mi, Richard Kang, Thomas Muzzonigro, Christopher H. Evans and Paul D. Robbins: Animal models of arthritis generated by gene transfer.
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Birkhauser Verlag AG)
Publication date: November, 2012
Pages: 260
Weight: 427g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: General Issues, Genetics, Orthopaedics and Fractures, Rheumatology
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