From Basic Immunology to Immune-Mediated Demyelination: Topics in Neuroscience

1 - Protective Versus Harmful Responses and Immune Regulation.- 2 - Antigen Recognition and Autoimmunity.- 3 - Assembly and Function of Immunoglobulins During B Cell Development.- 4 - Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Autoimmunity.- 5 - Adhesion Receptors Involved in Leukocyte Functions.- 6 - The Endothelium of the Brain Microvasculature and the Organization of Intercellular Junctions.- 7 - Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors.- 8 - Th1/Th2 Cytokine Network.- 9 - Lymphocyte Trafficking in the Central Nervous System.- 10 - Antigen Presentation in the Central Nervous System.- 11 - Myelination of the Central Nervous System.- 12 - Genomic Screening in Multiple Sclerosis.- 13 - MHC and Multiple Sclerosis.- 14 - Cytokine Genes in Multiple Sclerosis.- 15 - Adhesion Molecules and the and Blood-Brain-Barrier in Multiple Sclerosis.- 16 - Non-Myelin Antigen Autoreactivity in Multiple Sclerosis.- 17 - Myelin Antigen Autoreactivity in Multiple Sclerosis.- 18 - Inflammation and Multiple Sclerosis: a Close Interplay.- 19 - Magnetic Resonance and Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis.- 20 - Immunotherapies for Multiple Sclerosis.- 21 - Animal Models of Demyelination of the Central Nervous System.- 22 - MHC and Non-MHC Genetics of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis.- 23 - Genetics of Hereditary Neuropathies.- 24 - Immunopathogenetic Role of Anti-Neural Antibodies in Demyelinating Dysimmune Neuropathies.- 25 - Treatment of Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy.