IgG4-related kidney disease. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Takao Saito, John H. Stone, Hitoshi Nakashima, Takako Saeki, Mitsuhiro Kawano, editors.
• Editors: Saito, Takao; Stone, John H; Nakashima, Hitoshi; Saeki, Takako; Kawano, Mitsuhiro
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Part I: General Remarks; Chapter 1: IgG4-Related Disease: History and Overview; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Concept of IgG4-Related Disease; 1.3 Epidemiology; 1.4 History; 1.4.1 Mikuliczś Disease and Autoimmune Pancreatitis; 1.4.2 Autoimmune Pancreatitis and IgG4; 1.4.3 Extra-Pancreatic Manifestations of Autoimmune Pancreatitis and the Proposal of IgG4-Related Disease; 1.5 Nomenclature of IgG4-Related Disease; 1.6 Diagnosis of IgG4-Related Disease; 1.7 Clinical Features of IgG4-Related Disease Outside of the Urinary System. 1.7.1 IgG4-Related Dacryoadenitis and Sialadenitis1.7.2 IgG4-Related Respiratory Disease; 1.7.3 IgG4-Related Sclerosing Cholangitis; 1.7.4 IgG4-Related Retroperitoneal Fibrosis; 1.7.5 IgG4-Related Disease in the Central Nervous System; 1.7.6 IgG4-Related Thyroiditis; 1.7.7 IgG4-Related Hepatopathy; 1.7.8 Other IgG4-Related Diseases; 1.8 Prognosis of IgG4-Related Disease; 1.8.1 Complications of Malignancy; 1.8.2 Chronic State Showing Functional Insufficiency; References; Chapter 2: IgG4-Related Disease: Pathological Features and Differential Diagnosis; 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 General Rules for the Pathology of IgG4-RD2.3 Sialadenitis and Dacryoadenitis; 2.4 Lung Disease; 2.5 Pancreatitis; 2.6 Hepatobiliary Manifestations; 2.7 Periaortitis and Periarteritis; 2.8 Biopsy Diagnosis; 2.9 Summary; References; Chapter 3: Potential Pathways in the Pathogenesis of IgG4-Related Disease; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Th Subsets in IgG4-RD; 3.2.1 Th1/Th2 Balance; 3.2.2 Treg Cells; 3.2.3 Th17 Cells; 3.2.4 Tfh Cells; 3.2.5 CD4+CTL Cells; 3.3 Innate Immunity; 3.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Does IgG4-Related Disease Have an Autoimmune Basis?; 4.1 Introduction. 4.2 Autoantibodies4.3 Autoimmune Diseases and IgG4; 4.3.1 IgG4-RD and Autoimmune Diseases; 4.3.2 IgG4 in Autoimmune Diseases; 4.4 Immune Complexes; 4.4.1 Immune Complexes in IgG4-Related Tubulointerstitial Nephritis; 4.4.2 Immune Complexes in the Glomerular Lesions in IgG4-RD; 4.4.3 Complement in IgG4-Related TIN; 4.5 Does IgG4-Related Disease Have an Autoimmune Basis?; References; Chapter 5: Plasmablasts: A Promising Biomarker in IgG4-Related Disease; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 What Is a Plasmablast? The Origins and Biologic Functions of This Cell. 5.3 Identification of Plasmablasts by Flow Cytometry5.4 Plasmablasts in IgG4-Related Disease; References; Part II: Features of IgG4-Related Kidney Disease and Associated Conditions; Chapter 6: Overview of IgG4-Related Kidney Disease; 6.1 Tubulointerstitial Nephritis Before IgG4-Related Disease; 6.2 Renal Involvement in IgG4-RD; 6.3 Establishment of the Disease Concept of IgG4-RKD; 6.4 Epidemiology; 6.5 Characteristic Features; 6.6 Urological Aspects; 6.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: IgG4-Related Kidney Disease: Clinical and Laboratory Features; 7.1 Clinical Features of IgG4-RKD.
• Publisher Details: Japan : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 311 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.6/1079; Kidneys -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects; Immunoglobulin G; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Immunoglobulin G; Kidneys -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects; Medicine & Public Health; Nephrology; Rheumatology; Immunology; Kidney Diseases; Immunoglobulin G; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9784431556879; 4431556877
• Related ISBNs: 9784431556862; 4431556869
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 22, 2016).
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