Antiglobulins, Cryoglobulins and Glomerulonephritis Second International Milano Meeting of Nephrology 30 September - 1 October 1985.
[Book]
Ponticelli, G.
Springer Verlag
2013
I. Physiology and Pathology of Antiglobulins.- 1. Subsets of Rheumatoid Factors Determined by Cross Idiotypes.- 2. Structure and Function of Rheumatoid Factors: Implication For Its Role in The Pathogenesis of Mixed Cryoglobulinemia.- 3. Regulatory Idiotypes and Diseases.- Discussion.- II. Role of Antiglobulins in Experimental Glomerulonephritis.- 4. Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Infective Endocarditis Glomerulonephritis in The Rabbit.- 5. Interactions of Human IgM Rheumatoid Factors With Immune Complexes in Experimental Murine Glomerulonephritis.- 6. Anti-Idiotypic Antibodies in Glomerulonephritis and in Tubulointerstitial Nephritis Models in Immune Renal Injury.- 7. Experimental Analysis of The Generation of Pathogenic Immune Complexes Resulting From Immunoglobulin Interactions.- Discussion.- III. Classification of Cryoglobulins and Biochemical Factors Inducing Cryoprecipitation.- 8. Classification of Cryoglobulinemias.- 9. Intrinsic Properties Inducing Precipitation of Cryoglobulins.- 10. Cryoprecipitation as a Consequence of Globulin-Antiglobulin Interactions.- 11. Fibronectin Is a Regular Component of Single-Type and Mixed Cryoglobulins.- Discussion.- IV. Immunological Aspects of Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia.- 12. Complement Activation in Patients With Mixed Cryoglobulinemia.- 13. Human Type II Mixed Cryoglobulins as a Model of Idiotypic Interactions.- 14. Monoclonal Antibodies to Idiotypic Determinants on Monoclonal Rheumatoid Factors.- Discussion.- V. Clinical and Morphological Findings in Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia.- 15. Mixed Cryoglobulinemia: An Update of Recent Clinical Experience.- 16. Histological and Himmunohistological Features in Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia Glomerulonephritis.- 17. Clinical and Histological Correlations in Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia (EMC) Glomerulonephritis.- 18. Ultrastructural Features in Glomerulonephritis in Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia.- 19. Prognostic Factors in Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia Nephropathy.- Discussion.- VI. Different Therapeutic Regimens in the Management of EMC Patients.- 20. Long-Term Management of Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia.- 21. Effects of Cryoapheresis on Plasma Cryoglobulins and Renal Function in Patients With EMC Glomerulonephritis.- 22. Treatment of Renal Disease in Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinemia.- 23. Long Term Treatment of Mixed Cryoglobulinemia (MCG).- Discussion.- Concluding remarks.