Cutaneous Immunology and Clinical Immunodermatology
Third Edition
edited by
Jan D. Bos
Skin Immune System, Third Edition provides an overview of the skin immune system (SIS), the latest dermatological research in cutaneous immunology, a totally updated section on immunodermatological diseases, and six new chapters.
Contents:
- Skin immune system (SIS)
- A history of immunodermatology
- Comparative immunology of the integument
- The immunogenetics of inflammatory skin disease
- The keratinocyte
- Lymphocyte subpopulations of the skin
- Langerhans cells and other skin dendritic cells
- Monocytes and macrophages in human skin
- Endothelial cells of blood and lymphatic vessels
- Mast cells
- Neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils in the skin immune system
- Free radicals
- Defensins and cathelicidins
- Complement as a part of the skin immune system
- The skin cytokine network
- Chemokines of human skin
- Neuropeptides in the skin
- Signal transduction pathways in the skin
- Epidermis as a pro-inflammatory organ
- Adhesion molecules and inflammatory cell migration pathways in the skin
- Physiology and pathology of skin photoimmunology
- The skin immune system and tumor immunosurveillance
- Some congenital immunodeficiencies and their dermatological manifestations
- Immunobullous diseases
- Lichen planus and graft-vs.-host disease
- Lupus erythematosus
- Cutaneous vasculitis
- Urticarial vasculitis
- Immunological mechanisms of cutaneous adverse drug reactions
- Atopic dermatitis
- Allergic contact dermatitis
- Psoriasis
- Viral infections
- Fungal infections
- Parasitic infections
- Tumors of skin-homing lymphocytes
- Immunomodulatory drugs
- Therapeutic manipulation of the complement system in dermatology
- Immunological strategies to fight skin cancer
- Photo(chemo)therapeutic modulation of the skin immune system
- Biologicals for the treatment of immune-mediated skin disease
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