This comprehensive and definitive work succeeds and expands on the highly successful HLA and Disease published in 1994. This new edition has been updated, redesigned and reorganised into three sections making it an invaluable reference.

The introductory section summarises current knowledge on the structure, function, genetics and evolution of the HLA system. It clarifies its complex and ever changing nomenclature and discusses the mechanisms underlying disease associations with HLA alleles. The second section deals with the importance of HLA in the context of different clinical specialities. Individual chapters describe the association between HLA polymorphism and each disease. The final section features chapters on current laboratory practice in histocompatibility and tissue typing.

HLA in Health and Disease is essential reading for basic and clinical researchers working in immunology and immunogenetics, transplantation medicine and autoimmunity. It will also be of interest to anyone in the fields of rheumatology, diabetology, nephrology, allergy, dermatology, neurology, endocrinology, cancer biology, respiratory medicine, haematology, molecular biology and biochemistry.

Key Features

* Structure, function and genetics of HLA

* HLA nomenclature

* Evolution of HLA polymorphisms

* HLA associations in arthritis and rheumatology, renal disease, neurology, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, respiratory disease, ophthalmology, infections, dermatology and psychiatry

* HLA and organ transplantation

* Serological and PCR-based methods in HLA typing

* Cellular techniques in testing histocompatibility

* Edited and written by an international panel of experts in the field

Reviews what is known about human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and its role in various diseases. An introductory section summarizes current knowledge on the structure, function, genetics, and evolution of the HLA system. This section clarifies the complex nomenclature and discusses the mechanisms underlying disease associations with HLA alleles. A second section deals with the importance of HLA in the context of different clinical specialties. Individual chapters describe the association between HLA polymorphism and each disease. A final section features material on laboratory practice in tissue typing and histocompatibility. This second edition takes into account advances in research since the first edition (titled HLA and Disease) was published in 1994. The editors teach in the departments of immunology and renal medicine at the Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, UK.
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INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

ume reviews the progress achieved in the field of HLA biology, it also highlights areas for future investigation....The volume can be recommended for the interested scientist and scholar."

-JOURNAL OF THYMOLOGY

"Not only does this volume review the progress that has been made in the field of HLA biology during the past decade, it also highlights the areas in which future developments are likely to occur."

-JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

scientist and scholar."

-JOURNAL OF THYMOLOGY

"Not only does this volume review the progress that has been made in the field of HLA biology during the past decade, it also highlights the areas in which future developments are likely to occur."

-JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

ds of rheumatology, diabetology, nephrology, allergy, dermatology, neurology, endocrinology, cancer biology, respiratory medicine, haematology, molecular biology and biochemistry.

Key Features

* Structure, function and genetics of HLA

* HLA nomenclature

* Evolution of HLA polymorphisms

* HLA associations in arthritis and rheumatology, renal disease, neurology, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, respiratory disease, ophthalmology, infections, dermatology and psychiatry

* HLA and organ transplantation

* Serological and PCR-based methods in HLA typing

* Cellular techniques in testing histocompatibility

* Edited and written by an international panel of experts in the field

The key features include: structure, function and genetics of HLA; HLA nomenclature; evolution of HLA polymorphisms; HLA associations in arthritis and rheumatology, renal disease, neurology, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, respiratory disease, ophthalmology, infections, dermatology and psychiatry; HLA and organ transplantation; serological and PCR-based methods in HLA typing; cellular techniques in testing histocompatibility; and, edited and written by an international panel of experts in the field.

J. Bodmer, W.F. Bodmer, and S. Marsh, HLA Nomenclature: The Name of the Rose.

R. Bontrop and J. Kaufman, Evolution of HLA Polymorphisms.