Main description:

Clinical Applications of Immunogenetics: Immunogenetics: A Molecular and Clinical Overview, Volume II provides readers with an exclusive, updated overview of scientific knowledge, achievements and findings in the field of immunogenetics. In thirteen chapters, the book gives insights in new advancements and approaches in viral and autoimmune diseases. Specific chapters are dedicated to immunogenetic mechanisms in the treatment of immune disorders, cancer, neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, other chapters cover immunogenomics in precision medicine, clinical medicine and transplantation. Finally, a special chapter, COVID-19: A novel challenge to human immune-genetic machinery, updates on thoughts surrounding the pandemic.

Contents:

1. Immunogenetics: A significant determinant for understanding recurrent pregnancy losses
2. Type 1 diabetes: Current immunogenetic advancements
3. Immunogenetic approach in the understanding of human viral diseases
4. Immunogenetics: A tool for the identification of novel therapeutic targets in immune disorders
5. Immunogenetics mechanisms in the treatment of cancer
6. Immunogenomics: A potential approach for precision medicine
7. Immunogenetics in the diagnosis of clinical disorders
8. Novel insights in transplantation immunogenetics
9. Immunogenetic markers as prognostic tool of human diseases
10. COVID-19: A novel challenge to human immune-genetic machinery
11. HLA- typing: A significant immunogenetics application in clinical medicine
12 Immunogenetic mechanisms driving neurological and neurodegenerative disorders
13. Immunogenetics and its utility in therapeutics