Normal healthy skin is a complex immunological organ whose  major function is to protect the body from environmental insults. Skin  Immune Mechanisms in Health and Disease describes the immune mechanisms  used by normal skin, and examines the immunopathogenesis of inflammatory  skin diseases that result from defects that occur in this protective  strategy. In Part I, the cellular and humoral components of the skin immune  system are described, followed in Part II by an overview of innate and  acquired skin immune responses. In Part III, the immunopathogenesis of  various inflammatory skin diseases (eg. urticaria, pemphigus, SLE,  psoriasis) representing each of the four types of hypersensitivity  responses are presented. Each topic includes the latest research findings,  is clearly illustrated and well referenced.  This book should prove an invaluable reference for clinical dermatologists,  both established and in training, and researchers in the fields of  immunology and dermatology.

Skin Immune Mechanisms in Health and Disease

Baker, Barbara S.

Medical Books

Garner Press

From Arsenic to Biologicals: A 200 year History of Psoriasis is a chronological description of how the unravelling of the mechanisms underlying psoriasis have led to a change from the empirical "try it and see" treatments of the 19th and early 20th centuries to the evidence-based treatments of the present day. The book explains the various theories proposed to explain psoriasis and describes the introduction of new treatments, decade by decade, throughout the 20th century. These range from the belief that psoriasis resulted from an internal metabolic disturbance in the 19th century, when arsenic was the systemic treatment of choice, through to the 21st century when the recognition that psoriasis is a disease of the immune system enabled the development and use of therapeutic biological agents.

From Arsenic To Biologicals: A 200 Year History Of Psoriasis

Medicine

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Skin Immune Mechanisms in Health and Disease

From Arsenic To Biologicals: A 200 Year History Of Psoriasis