Immunological Nephrology - (2) (Second Edition)

Author: ERIC G. NEILSON
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book is a large-scale, internationally renowned reference on immunonephrology, serving as a comprehensive professional masterpiece that summarizes the abundant achievements and experiences in the basic and clinical research of modern immunonephrology. It consists of 53 chapters. Chapters 1 to 5 review the history of renal immunopathology, advances in immunological research, disease mechanisms, and the fundamental knowledge of major pathophysiological processes in immunonephropathies. Chapters 6 to 31 focus on the pathogenesis of immunological kidney injury, structural and functional damage of the kidney, apoptosis, and immunological mechanisms of kidney transplantation. Chapters 34 to 53 provide detailed discussions on experimental animal models of immunonephropathies, the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, pathological morphology, and advances in clinical diagnosis and treatment of various immunonephropathies.
Introduction: This book is a large-scale, internationally renowned reference on immunonephrology, serving as a comprehensive professional masterpiece that summarizes the abundant achievements and experiences in the basic and clinical research of modern immunonephrology. It consists of 53 chapters. Chapters 1 to 5 review the history of renal immunopathology, advances in immunological research, disease mechanisms, and the fundamental knowledge of major pathophysiological processes in immunonephropathies. Chapters 6 to 31 focus on the pathogenesis of immunological kidney injury, structural and functional damage of the kidney, apoptosis, and immunological mechanisms of kidney transplantation. Chapters 34 to 53 provide detailed discussions on experimental animal models of immunonephropathies, the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, pathological morphology, and advances in clinical diagnosis and treatment of various immunonephropathies.