Horm Metab Res 2008; 40(2): 73-74
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1046782
Editorial

© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Advances in Cellular Therapy

M. Schott 1
  • 1Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Rheumatology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Publikationsverlauf

received 28.01.2008

accepted 28.01.2008

Publikationsdatum:
19. Februar 2008 (online)

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Currently, no curative therapies are available for many malignant diseases and autoimmune disorders. Over the past two decades, however, substantial progress has been made in our understanding of immunity and immune tolerance. Numerous immune mechanisms were found to be responsible for breaking the state of tolerance and for inducing specific cytotoxic immunity. In parallel, much knowledge has been gained on how immune tolerance can be reinduced in autoimmune diseases. The authors of the this Special Issue would like to add value to the current advances in cellular therapy for treating cancer as well as for inducing immune tolerance in autoimmune diseases. In addition, new insights into stem cell research and transplantation in autoimmune diseases are presented and future perspectives are given.

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M. SchottMD 

Department of Endocrinology

Diabetes, and Rheumatology

University Hospital Düsseldorf

Moorenstr. 5

40225 Düsseldorf

Germany

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