Translational Autoimmunity, Volume 1

Translational Autoimmunity: Etiology of Autoimmune Diseases is the first volume of the Translational Immunology book series. To attain its purpose as an in-detail translational step to tackle autoimmunity, this volume addresses sufficiently basic questions on how the immune system is designed to distinguish self from nonself, discusses the known mechanisms that lead to the maintenance of self-tolerance, represents potential triggers and malfunctions that impede normal immune processes, and demonstrates how the immune system induces an autoreactive state that results in the recognition of self-antigens as seen in autoimmune conditions. Comprises of major parts that cover basic immunology, clinical aspects of autoimmunity, and translational immunology studies in autoimmunityEach and every key concept will be mentioned after an easy background is drawn, which then will be supported by a systematic appraisal of the most recent evidenceAssists students at all the academic levels while also applicable to scientists who work with autoimmunityDesigned for learning, teaching, review and testing, practice, and research. Hence, it might be useful for students, teachers and instructors, physicians, and researchers