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Springer Immune Mechanisms in Renal Disease 1st Editon 2012 Softbound by Nancy Cummings
1 Functional Organization of the Glomerulus: Presence of Glycosaminoglycans (Proteoglycans) in the Glomerular Basement Membrane.- 2 Mechanisms of Glomerular Permselectivity.- 3 The Molecular Structure of Basement Membranes as It Relates to Function.- 4 Glomerular Basement Membrane Antigens.- 5 Physiologic Approaches to the Mechanisms of Glomerular Immune Injury.- 6 Physical Interactions between Macromolecules and the Glomerular Filter.- 7 Pathologic and Functional Correlations in the Glomerulopathies.- 8 Glomerular Mesangium: Introductory Remarks.- 9 The Influence of Hemodynamic Factors upon Mesangial Kinetics of Macromolecules.- 10 Deposition and Removal of Glomerular Immune Complexes: Relationships to the Mononuclear Phagocyte System.- 11 LCM Virus Infection and Nephritis.- 12 Diabetic Nephropathy: Relevance of Animal Models to the Understanding of Pathological Processes in Immune Renal Disease.- 13 Characterization of Rat Glomerular Cells in Vitro.- 14 Culture of Human Glomerular Cells.- 15 Immunochemical and Biochemical Studies of Human Glomerular Cells in Culture.- 16 Results of Immune Complex Detection in Glomerular Diseases.- 17 Nephritogenic Immune Responses Involving Basement Membrane and Other Antigens in or of the Glomerulus.- 18 Autoimmune Disease Induced in Rabbits by Administration of Mercuric Chloride: Evidence Suggesting a Role for Antigens of the Connective Tissue Matrix.- 19 Experimental Autoimmune Renal Tubulointerstitial Disease.- 20 Experimental and Human Anti-Tubular Basement Membrane Nephritis.- 21 Autoimmunity to Tamm-Horsfall Protein.- 22 Renal Antigens in Experimental Immune Complex Glomerulonephritis.- 23 Mechanisms of Proteinuria Induced by Antikidney Antibodies in Noninflammatory Experimental Glomerulonephropathy.- 24 The Pathogenesis of Autologous Immune Complex Glomerulonephritis in Rats.- 25 Immunopathogenesis of Murine SLE.- 26 Studies on Detection of Nephritogenic Immune Complexes.- 27 The Significance of Cryoimmunoglobulinemia in Immunologically Mediated Kidney Diseases.- 28 Relationship of Serum Cryoglobulins and Their Composition to Glomerulonephritis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.- 29 Cryoprecipitable Immunoglobulins with Native DNA Reactivity in the Glomerulopathies.- 30 The Role of Streptococcal and Glomerular Basement Membrane Antigens in Glomerulonephritis.- 31 The Contact (Hageman Factor) System in Inflammation.- 32 The Function of the Reticuloendothelial System in Autoimmune Disease.- 33 A Role of Mononuclear Phagocytes in Immunologically Induced Glomerulonephritis.- 34 Genetic Structure of the HLA Region and Implication for Function.- 35 Genetic Defects of the Complement Pathways: Relationship to HLA and Disease.- 36 Complement Abnormalities in Allergy and the Nephrotic Syndrome.- 37 Immunogenetic Aspects of Glomerulonephritis.- 38 Autoantibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.- 39 Serological Studies of Antibodies Reactive with RNA and RNA-Protein Antigens.- 40 Modulation of Autoimmunity by Sex Hormones.- 41 Thymic and T-Cell Function in Murine and Human Lupus.- 42 Immune Regulatory Abnormalities in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.