Principles of Osteoimmunology

1. Basics of Bone Biology
Martina Rauner, Nicola Stein, Lorenz C. Hofbauer

2. Towards the Automated Detection and Characterization of Osteoclasts in Microscopic Images
Andreas Heindl, Martin Schepelmann, Rupert Ecker, Peter Pietschmann, Isabella Ellinger, Alexander K. Seewald, Theresia Thalhammer

3. An Introduction to the Immune System
Veronika Lang, Georg Schett

4. Effects of Vitamin D in the Immune System
Ursula Azizi-Semrad, Peter Pietschmann, Martin Willheim

5. Osteoimmunological Aspects of Biomechanics
Katharina Kerschan-Schindl, Gerold Ebenbichler

6. Utility of the Determination of Biomarkers of Bone Metabolism
Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch, Verena Schwetz

7. Osteoporosis: Pathophysiology and Clinical Aspects
Peter Mikosch

8. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis
Douglas H. N. White

9. RANKL Inhibition: Preclinical Data
Wolfgang Sipos

10. RANKL Inhibition: Clinical Data
Nicola Stein, Martina Rauner, Lorenz C. Hofbauer

11. Osteoimmunological Aspects of Periodontal Diseases
Kristina Bertl, Peter Pietschmann, Michael Matejka

Keywords: Biomedicine, Immunology, Human Physiology, Rheumatology, Cytokines and Growth Factors