An introduction to epigenetics / Esteban Ballestar -- Chromatin mechanisms regulating gene expression in health and disease / Constanze Bonifer and Peter N. Cockerill -- Epigenetic control of lymphocyte differentiation / Eduardo Lopez-Granados -- Epigenetic control in immune function / Peter J. van den Elsen, Marja C.J.A. van Eggermond, and Rutger J. Wierda -- DNA methylation and B-cell autoreactivity / Soizic Garaud, Pierre Youinou, and Yves Renaudineau -- Environmental agents and autoimmune diseases / Frederick W. Miller -- Epigenetic dysregulation of Epstein-Barr virus latency and development of autoimmune disease / Hans Helmut Niller ... [et al.] -- Does genomic imprinting play a role in autoimmunity? / Cristina Camprubø and David Monk -- A new epigenetic challenge : systemic lupus erythematosus / Biola M. Javierre and Bruce C. Richardson -- Epigenetic deregulation in rheumatoid arthritis / Emmanuel Karouzakis ... [et al.] -- Prospects for epigenetic compounds in the treatment of autoimmune disease / Nadine Chapman-Rothe and Robert Brown -- Profiling epigenetic alterations in disease / Josø Ignacio Martøn-Subero and Manel Esteller