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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Basic, Applied and Clinical Aspects

This completely updated and expanded 2nd edition of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, A Manual includes topics not covered previously with contributors who are at the forefront of eac… Read more

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This completely updated and expanded 2nd edition of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, A Manual includes topics not covered previously with contributors who are at the forefront of each specific topic and with a global appeal. Each chapter is short and is presented critically with selected references, which should be valuable to a wider audience. This book combines basic with clinical science to help internists and specialists in the diagnosis and management of patients with SLE. It is a quick referral for people in the pharmaceutical industry in their efforts to bring much-needed drugs. It provides all the needed information to basic researchers old and new alike, who wish to enter the field of lupus and systemic autoimmunity in general.

Key features

  • Focused state-of-the-art chapters prepared by top-notch experts in the field
  • Latest understanding of cellular, molecular, biochemical aspects of disease pathogenesis
  • Advanced aspects of genetic, microbiome, environmental, hormonal, and immunological contribution to the expression of the disease
  • Current understanding of clinical features of the disease
  • Recent efforts to develop new treatments

Readership

Researchers in basic, applied and clinical immunology

Table of contents

Part I - Epidemiology and diagnosis

1. History of systemic lupus erythematosus with an emphasis on certain recent major issues
Shu Man Fu and Felicia Gaskin

2. The patient
Donald E. Thomas, Jr.

3. A plea of a young patient to the lupus experts
Brianna Fitzpatrick

4. Epidemiology
Manuel F. Ugarte-Gil, Guillermo J. Pons-Estel and Graciela S. Alarcón

5. Measuring disease activity
Joan T. Merrill

6. Disease development and outcome
Mary Mahieu, Dafna Gladman and Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman

7. Socioeconomic aspects of SLE
Titilola Falasinnu and Julia F. Simard

8. Biomarkers in systemic lupus erythematosus
Stacy P. Ardoin and Wael N. Jarjour

Part II - Pathogenesis

9. Overview of the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus
Antonio La Cava

10. System lupus erythematosus and the environment
Soad Haj Yahia and Nancy Agmon-Levin

11. Genes and genetics in human SLE
Mara L. Lennard Richard and Betty P. Tsao

12. Monogenic lupus
Mindy S. Lo

13. Hormones
Takayuki Katsuyama and Vaishali R. Moulton

14. Clinical aspects of the complement system in systemic lupus erythematosus
John P. Atkinson, M. Kathryn Liszewski and C. Yung Yu

15. T cells
Florencia Rosetti and José C. Crispín

16. B cells in SLE
Andreia C. Lino and Thomas Dörner

17. Neutrophils in systemic lupus erythematosus
Amr H. Sawalha

18. The role of dendritic cells in systemic lupus erythematosus
Manon Charrier, Christophe Richez, Estibaliz Lazaro, Vanja Sisirak and Patrick Blanco

19. Cytokines
Takayuki Katsuyama and Vaishali R. Moulton

20. RNA/DNA sensing in SLE—Toll-like receptors and beyond
Caroline A. Jefferies and Amir Sharabi

21. The role of interferons in systemic lupus erythematosus
Ruth Fernandez-Ruiz and Timothy Niewold

22. Fcγ receptors in autoimmunity and endorgan damage
T. Ernandez, K. Okubo, G. Saggu and T.N. Mayadas

23. Apoptosis, autophagy, and necrosis
Roberto Caricchio

24. Infections in early systemic lupus erythematosus pathogenesis
Rebecka Bourn, Samantha Slight-Webb and Judith A. James

25. Microbiota influences on systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren’s syndrome
Teri M. Greiling, Silvio Manfredo Vieira and Martin A. Kriegel

26. Origin of autoantibodies
Westley H. Reeves, Shuhong Han and Haoyang Zhuang

27. Anti-DNA antibodies
Susan Malkiel, Yemil Atisha-Fregoso and Betty Diamond

28. Antihistone and antispliceosome antibodies
Minoru Satoh, Marvin J. Fritzler and Edward K.L. Chan

29. Immune complexes in systemic lupus erythematosus
Keiju Hiromura and Masaomi Nangaku

30. MicroRNA in systemic lupus erythematosus
Bo Qu, Xiaoyue Jiang and Nan Shen

31. Metabolic control of lupus pathogenesis: central role for activation of the mechanistic target of rapamycin
Andras Perl

32. Epigenetics
Christian M. Hedrich

33. What do mouse models teach us about human SLE?
Ziaur S.M. Raman and Chandra Mohan

34. Genes and genetics of murine systemic lupus erythematosus
Dwight H. Kono and Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos

Part III - Mechanisms of tissue damage

35. Mechanisms of renal damage in systemic lupus erythematosus
Shu Man Fu, Sun-Sang J. Sung, Hongyang Wang, Zhenhuan Zhao and Felicia Gaskin

36. Mechanisms of vascular damage in systemic lupus erythematosus
Sarfaraz A. Hasni and Mariana J. Kaplan

37. The mechanism of skin damage
Xin Huang, Haijing Wu, Christopher Chang and Qianjin Lu

38. Pathogenesis of tissue injury in the brain in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
David Hunt

Part IV - Clinical aspects of the disease

39. Constitutional symptoms and fatigue in systemic lupus erythematosus
Syahrul Sazliyana Shaharir and Caroline Gordon

40. The musculoskeletal system in SLE
Maria-Louise Barilla-LaBarca, Diane Horowitz, Galina Marder and Richard Furie

41. Cutaneous lupus erythematosus
Annegret Kuhn, Aysche Landmann and Gisela Bonsmann

42. The clinical evaluation of kidney disease in systemic lupus erythematosus
Brad H. Rovin, Isabelle Ayoub and Swati Arora

43. The pathology of lupus nephritis
Isaac Ely Stillman

44. Cardiovascular disease in systemic lupus erythematosus: an update
Stephanie Saeli, Tanmayee Bichile, Payal Thakkar and Susan Manzi

45. The lung in systemic lupus erythematosus
Lindsy Forbess, Daniel J. Wallace and Caroline Jefferies

46. Gastrointestinal, hepatic, and pancreatic disorders in systemic lupus erythematosus
Chi Chiu Mok

47. Systemic lupus erythematosus and infections
Amy Devlin and Robert H. Shmerling

48. Malignancies in systemic lupus erythematosus
Alexandra Ladouceur, Hiromi Tissera, Ann E. Clarke, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Caroline Gordon, James E. Hansen and Sasha Bernatsky

49. The nervous system in systemic lupus erythematosus
David Hunt

50. Overlap syndromes
Eric L. Greidinger

51. Systemic lupus erythematosus and the eye
Erika M. Damato, Philip I. Murray and Alastair K.O. Denniston

52. Fertility and pregnancy in systemic lupus erythematosus
Bonnie L. Bermas and Lisa R. Sammaritano

53. Neonatal lupus
Clinical spectrum, biomarkers, pathogenesis, and approach to treatment
Jill P. Buyon, Amit Saxena, Peter M. Izmirly, Bettina Cuneo and Benjamin Wainwright

54. Incomplete lupus syndromes
Nancy J. Olsen

55. Lupus in children
Mindy S. Lo

56. Drug-induced lupus
Robert L. Rubin

57. Vasculitis in lupus
Anisur Rahman

Part V - Antiphospholipid Syndrome

58. Pathogenesis of antiphospholipid syndrome
Olga Amengual and Tatsuya Atsumi

59. Antibodies and diagnostic tests in antiphosholipid syndrome
Cecilia Beatrice Chighizola, Maria Orietta Borghi and Pier Luigi Meroni

60. Clinical manifestations
Miyuki Bohgaki and Takao Koike

61. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs in systemic lupus erythematosus
Robert G. Lahita and Trina Pal

62. Value of antimalarial drugs in the treatment of lupus
Fadi Hassan, Mohammad E. Naffaa and Ziv Paz

63. Systemic glucocorticoids
Zahi Touma and Murray B. Urowitz

64. Cytotoxic drug treatment
Eleni A. Frangou, George Bertsias and Dimitrios T. Boumpas

65. Treatment of antiphospholipid syndrome
Savino Sciascia and Munther Khamashta

66. New treatments of systemic lupus erythematosus
Vasileios C Kyttaris

67. Repositioning drugs for systemic lupus erythematosus
Kathryn M. Kingsmore, Peter E. Lipsky and Amrie C. Grammer

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About the editor

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George C. Tsokos

George C. Tsokos, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr Tsokos has served as President of the Clinical Immunology Society, on the boards of directors for the American College of Rheumatology and the Lupus Foundation of America, member/chair of multiple federal study sections, and editor/member of the editorial boards for top scientific journals. He has received several awards, including a MERIT from NIH, the Lee C. Howley Sr. Prize, the Evelyn V. Hess, the Distinguished Basic Investigator Award from the American College of Rheumatology, the Lupus Insight Prize from the Lupus Research Alliance, and the Carol Nachman Prize for Rheumatology. He is a Master of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Rheumatology, a member of American Association of Physicians and Fellow of AAAS.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA

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