Sex differences in autoimmune disease. Whitacre, C. C. Nature Immunology September (2001)

Commentary article discussing the recent interest in explaining sex differences in autoimmunity.

Focus on autoimmunityNature Immunology September (2001)

This focus covers recent developments in clinical and non-clinical autoimmunity research and contains News and Views, Commentary and Review articles, as well as a section on classic papers and a regularly updated Round-up section.

These include the articles below:

Systemic lupus erythematosus: an autoimmune disease of B-cell hyperactivity. Lipsky, P. E. Nature Immunology September (2001)

News and Views article describing recent insights into the role of B cells in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus.

Pathogenesis of arthritis: recent research progress. Feldmann, M. Nature Immunology September (2001)

News and Views article about how our deeper understanding of the nature of rheumatoid arthritis is leading to the development of promising new therapies.

Determinants of autoimmune thyroid disease. Weetman, A.P. Nature Immunology September (2001)

News and Views article discussing the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of Grave's disease and other autoimmune syndromes affecting the thyroid.

Antibody alterations. Martin, A. & Scharff, M.D. Nature 30 August (2001)

Interventional strategies against prion diseases. Aguzzi, A. Nature Reviews Neuroscience October (2001)

This review discusses new ideas for immunological-based therapies for prion diseases.

Focus on mouse genomic technologiesNature Reviews Genetics October (2001)

This special print issue and web focus includes the following reviews:

Conditional control of gene expression in the mouse. Lewandoski, M. Nature Reviews Genetics October (2001)

Gene trap mutagenesis: past, present and beyond. Stanford, W.L., Cohn, J. B. & Cordes, S. P. Nature Reviews Genetics October (2001)

Will the drugs still work? Transmission of resistant HIV. Phillips, A. Nature Medicine September (2001)

News and Views article discussing the evolution of resistance to antiviral drugs by certain strains of HIV.