SYSTEMIC VASCULITIDES: CURRENT STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES
Editors: Franco Dammacco, Domenico Ribatti, Angelo Vacca
Table of Contents
I. Biology of Blood Vessels, Experimental Models and Nomenclature of Vasculitides
Chapter 1
Morphofunctional Aspects of Endothelium
Domenico Ribatti (Bari, Italy) Chapter 2
Animal Models of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Domenico Ribatti, Franco Dammacco (Bari, Italy)
Chapter 3
Nomenclature of Vasculitides: 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides and Beyond
J. Charles Jennette, Ronald J. Falk, Marco A. Alba (Chapel Hill, NC, USA)
Chapter 4
Search for Autoantibodies in Systemic Vasculitis: is it Useful?
Joice Belem, Bruna Saviol, Alexandre Wagner Silva de Souza (São Paul, Brasil)
Chapter 5
Pathogenic Role of ANCA in Small Vessel Inflammation and Neutrophil Function Giuseppe A. Ramirez, Angelo A. Manfredi (Milan, Italy)
II. Primary Systemic Vasculitides
Chapter 6
Takayasu Arteritis: When Rarity Maintains the Mystery
Enrico Tombetti, Elena Baldissera, Angelo A. Manfredi, Maria Grazia Sabbadini (Milan, Italy)
Chapter 7
Takayasu Arteritis and Ulcerative Colitis: A Frequent Association?
Chikashi Terao (Boston, MA, USA)
Chapter 8
Giant Cell Arteritis
Silvia Laura Bosello, Elisa Gremese, Angela Carbonella, Federico Parisi, Francesco Cianci, Gianfranco Ferraccioli (Rome, Italy)
Chapter 9
HLA System and Giant Cell Arteritis
F. David Carmona, Javier Martín (Granada, Spain)
Chapter 10
Microscopic Polyangiitis
Franco Dammacco, Angelo Vacca (Bari, Italy)
Chapter 11
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener's)
Franco Dammacco, Sebastiano Cicco, Domenico Ribatti, Angelo Vacca (Bari, Italy)
Chapter 12
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Churg Strauss Syndrome)
Renato Alberto Sinico, Paolo Bottero (Milan, Italy)
Chapter 13
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis and the Mechanisms of Tissue Injury
Adrian Schreiber, Mira Choi (Berlin, Germany)
Chapter 14 Long-Term Outcome of ANCA-Associated Systemic Vasculitis
James Ritchie, Timothy Reynolds, Joanna Robson (Bristol, U.K.)
Chapter 15
Kawasaki Disease: Past, Present and Future
Fernanda Falcini, Gemma Lepri (Florence, Italy)
Chapter 16
Polyarteritis Nodosa
Nicolò Pipitone, Carlo Salvarani (Reggio Emilia, Italy)
Chapter 17
Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
Michele Rossini, Annamaria Di Palma, Vito Racanelli, Franco Dammacco, Loreto Gesualdo (Bari, Italy) Chapter 18
IgA Vasculitis
Roberta Fenoglio, Dario Roccatello (Turin, Italy)
Chapter 19
Systemic Vasculitis and Pregnancy
Maria Grazia Lazzaroni, Micaela Fredi, Sonia Zatti, Andrea Lojacono, Angela Tincani (Brescia, Italy)
Chapter 20 Behçet Disease
Rosaria Talarico, Stefano Bombardieri (Pisa, Italy)
Chapter 21
Small Vessel Vasculitis of the Skin
Robert G. Micheletti (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
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About the Author:
Franco Dammacco is Emeritus Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Bari Medical School and has been President of the Italian Society of Internal Medicine. His research and clinical interests include HCV-related cryoglobulinemic vasculitis, onco-hematology, connective tissue diseases and immunodeficiency syndromes. He is author or co-author of more than 470 papers and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Clinical and Experimental Medicine.
Domenico Ribatti is full Professor of Human Anatomy at the University of Bari Medical School. His main research topics are angiogenesis and anti-angiogenesis, with special emphasis for hematological malignancies, tumor microcirculation, and immunological competence. He is author of over 650 papers and 8 monographs.
Angelo Vacca is full Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Bari Medical School and President of the Italian Society of Immunology, Clinical Immunology and Allergology. He is actively involved in research areas such as angiogenesis and tumor progression, multiple myeloma and related malignancies, biological markers of tumor invasion and metastasis, and controlled chemotherapy studies. On these topics he has published over 300 papers.
