Molecular Mechanisms of Spondyloarthropathies

1. Clinical Assessment in the Spondyloarthropathies
Ruth Wittoek, Herman Mielants

2. Imaging in Spondyloarthritis
Walter P. Maksymowych

3. Spondyloarthritis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) and Chondrocalcinosis
Jácome Brugues Armas, Ana Rita Couto, Bruno Filipe Bettencourt

4. The Enthesis Organ Concept and Its Relevance to the Spondyloarthropathies
Michael Benjamin, Dennis McGonagle

5. Synovial and Mucosal Immunopathology in Spondyloarthritis
Bernard Vandooren, Paul P. Tak, Dominique Baeten

6. Bone Loss in the Spondyloarthropathies: Role of Osteoclast, RANKL, RANK and OPG in the Spondyloarthropathies
Allen P. Anandarajah, Edward M. Schwarz

7. RANKL/RANK as Key Factors for Osteoclast Development and Bone Loss in Arthropathies
Andreas Leibbrandt, Josef M. Penninger

8. Bone Formation Versus Bone Resorption in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Georg Schett

9. Biomarkers in Spondyloarthropathies
Chun-Hsiung Chen, David Tak Yan Yu, Chung-Tei Chou

10. Therapy of Spondyloarthritides
Jürgen Braun

11. Genomewide Screens in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Matthew A. Brown

12. Subtypes of HLA-B27: History and Implications in the Pathogenesis of Ankylosing Spondylitis
John D. Reveille, Rashmi M. Maganti

13. Implications of Structural and Thermodynamic Studies of HLA-B27 Subtypes Exhibiting Differential Association with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Andreas Ziegler, Bernhard Loll, Rolf Misselwitz, Barbara Uchanska-Ziegler

14. HLA-B27-Bound Peptide Repertoires: Their Nature, Origin and Pathogenetic Relevance
Jose A. López Castro

15. Biochemical Features of HLA-B27 and Antigen Processing
Simon J. Powis, Susana G. Santos, Antony N. Antoniou

16. HLA-B27 Misfolding and Spondyloarthropathies
Robert A. Colbert, Monica L. DeLay, Gerlinde Layh-Schmitt, Dawn P. Sowders

17. HLA-B27 and Host-Pathogen Interaction
Anna S. Sahlberg, Kaisa Granfors, Markus A. Penttinen

18. Animal Models of Spondyloarthritis
Joel D. Taurog

19. T-Cell Responses Against Viral and Self-Epitopes and HLA-B27 Subtypes Differentially Associated with Ankylosing Spondylitis
María T. Fiorillo, Rosa Sorrentino

20. Dendritic Cell: T-Cell Interactions in Spondyloarthritis
J. S. Hill Gaston, Lorna B. Jarvis, Libin Zhang, Jane C. Goodall

21. The Role of B27 Heavy Chain Dimer Immune Receptor Interactions in Spondyloarthritis
Simon Kollnberger, Paul Bowness

22. KIR Genes and Their Role in Spondyloarthropathies
Roberto Díaz-Peña, Miguel Ángel Blanco-Gelaz, Carlos López-Larrea

23. Innate Immunity of Spondyloarthritis: The Role of Toll-Like Receptors
Robert D. Inman

Keywords: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general