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Liver Immunology Principles and Practice /

The third edition of this acclaimed work provides clinicians and investigators with a wealth of state-of-the-art information that will lead to fresh approaches in thinking about liver physiology and liver diseases. Developed by a panel of renowned international authors, this edition outlines a range...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Gershwin, M. Eric. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), M. Vierling, John. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tanaka, Atsushi. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), P. Manns, Michael. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.
Edition:3rd ed. 2020.
Subjects:
Immunology.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51709-0
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Core Concepts in Immunology: The Definition of Autoimmunity and Its Unique Application to the Seat of Tolerance, the Liver
  • 2. The Liver as a Lymphoid Organ
  • 3. The Uniqueness of Innate Immunity
  • 4. Adaptive Immunity and the Clinical Definition of Autoantibodies.-5. Genetics of Autoimmune Liver Diseases
  • 6. The Epigenetic Basis of Loss of Tolerance
  • 7. Bile Acids and Bilirubin in Liver Immunology
  • 8. The Microbiota-Gut-Liver Axis – Implications for the Pathophysiology of Liver Disease
  • 9. Diagnostic Liver Immunology
  • 10. The Pathologist’s Approach to Reviewing Liver Histology
  • 11. Geoepidemiology of Autoimmune Liver Diseases
  • 12. Immune Responses to Bacterial Infections
  • 13. Immunity of Parasitic Infections of the Liver
  • 14. The Treatment of Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases of the Liver
  • 15. Hepatitis A and Other Viral Infections
  • 16. Hepatitis B Virus
  • 17. Hepatitis C
  • 18. Hepatitis D
  • 19. Hepatitis E
  • 20. Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
  • 21. Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Chapter in Liver Immunology
  • 22. Primary Biliary Cholangitis
  • 23. PSC – AIH Overlap
  • 24. Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Autoimmune Hepatitis Overlap Syndrome
  • 25. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
  • 26. Autoimmune Hepatitis
  • 27. IgG4-related Disease: Current Concept, Diagnosis, and Pathogenesis
  • 28. Pediatric Liver Disease
  • 29. Mechanisms of Acute Liver Failure
  • 30. Immune-Mediated Drug-Induced Liver Injury
  • 31. Hepatobiliary Cancers and Immunology
  • 32. Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
  • 33. The Pathogenesis of Liver Diseases in Pregnancy
  • 34. Graft-Versus-Host Disease
  • 35. Immunopathogenesis of Liver Cirrhosis
  • 36. Immune-Mediated Liver Disease in the Transplanted Liver.

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