Title | Strategies for Immunointerventions in Dermatology [electronic resource] / edited by Gรผnter Burg, Reinhard G. Dummer |
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Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1997 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60752-3 |
Descript | XIV, 426 p. online resource |
1 Basic Aspects -- A Rational Approach to Immune Intervention -- Skin as an Immunocompetent Organ in Health and Disease -- 2 Immunosuppressive and Antiinflammatory Compounds -- Cyclosporin A -- Rapamycin -- FK-506/Tacrolimus -- Low-Dose Methotrexate: An Immunomodifying Therapeutic Strategy for Dermatologie Diseases -- Leflunomide -- Fusion Toxins -- Dermatological Phototherapy: A Prime Example of Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced Immunointervention -- Cytokines with Immunosuppressive Capacities -- Extracorporeal Photochemotherapy -- Glucocorticosteroids -- High-Dose Intravenous Immunoglobulins -- 3 Immunostimulatory Substances and Vaccination Therapies -- Interferon-a Therapy in Dermatology -- Tumor Necrosis Factors -- Cytokines and Cytokine Gene Transfer in Cancer Treatment -- Development of a DNA Vaccine Against Malignant Melanoma -- Low Molecular Weight Cytokine Inducers -- 4 Clinical Aspects of Immunosuppression and Immunostimulation -- Autoimmune Bullous Diseases -- Rheumatic Disease Group -- Atopic Dermatitis -- Psoriasis - Mediation of Skin Phenotype by Circulatory Pathogenic T Lymphocytes -- Vasculitis Allergica -- Contact Dermatitis -- Pyoderma Gangrenosum -- Viral Infections: Human Papillomavirus Infections Treated with Immunostimulatory Drugs and Vaccination Therapies -- Immunostimulation and Vaccination Therapy of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection -- Cytokine Therapy and Vaccination in Tropical Diseases Leishmaniasis and Leprosy -- Cutaneous Lymphomas -- Non-melanoma Skin Cancer -- Therapy of Kaposiโs Sarcoma -- Adjuvant Melanoma Therapy -- Cytokine-Based Treatments for Advanced Melanoma -- Gene Therapy: A New Perspective for the Treatment of Malignant -- Topical Immunotherapy of Malignant Melanoma -- Vaccination with Dendritic Cells โ A Specific Immunomodulatory Approach for the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma