Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (Second Version)

100 years ago, we don’t understand electricity, so we think of the electric eel as an amazing fish. With understanding the electricity, we learn that the power of the eel is produced by muscle discharge. Similarly, if we don’t un-derstand sound, we would not know the magic of bat flying; if we don’t un-derstand magnetic field, we would not know the migration of whale and many other animal. 

Before the system theory came into being, our understanding of biology is still based on the basis of decomposition and reduction. If we’re stuck in reductionism, many complex autoimmune diseases, such as Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), will be difficult to understand. With the emergence of com-plex networks in 1989, understanding of biological networks has been en-hanced. In this book we present the management strategy of RA from the perspective of complex network. 

RA is the most common chronic autoimmune joint disease. This book argues that the RA is firstly caused by chronic stress and stress factors in-clude physical and psychological stress. Existing statistical techniques based on reductionism cannot discover many relevant disease risk factors and complex interaction relationship. The disease network model based on complex network is important for the analysis and treatment of RA disease.

Sample Chapter(s)
Preface (74 KB)
Components of the Book:
  • Head Page
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. Five Balances in the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
    • 1.1. Introduction
    • 1.2. Method
    • 1.3. Five Balances in the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
    • 1.4. Case Study
    • 1.5. Summary
    • References
  • Chapter 2. Etiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis
    • 2.1. Degradation of Thymus
    • 2.2. Stress Response
    • 2.3. Chronic Inflammation
    • 2.4. Immune Response
    • 2.5. Type III Hypersensitivity
    • 2.6. Local Joint Inflammation
    • 2.7. Microcirculation Disturbance
    • 2.8. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
    • 2.9. Glucocorticoid (GC) and Growth Hormone (GH)
    • References
  • Chapter 3. Immune System from the Perspective of Complex Network
    • 3.1. Empirical Study of Immune System Based on Bipartite Network
    • 3.2. Community in Immune System
    • 3.3. Complex Network Model of Cytokine-Protein Network
    • References
  • Chapter 4. Neuroendocrine immune system from the Perspective of Complex Network
    • 4.1. Neuroendocrine System from the Perspective of Complex Network
    • 4.2. Prediction of Protein-Protein Interaction in Neuroendocrine System
    • 4.3. Complex Network Research of Neural-Immune System
    • References
  • Chapter 5. About Balance between Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine
    • 5.1. Introduction
    • 5.2. Skin Injury
    • 5.3. Pay Attention to Other Factors in This Balance
    • References
  • Chapter 6. About Balance between Neuroendocrine System and Immune System
    • 6.1. Introduction
    • 6.2. Sleep
    • 6.3. Pay Attention to Other Factors in This Balance
    • References
  • Chapter 7. About Balance between Th17 and Treg
    • 7.1. Introduction
    • 7.2. Probiotics
    • 7.3. Pay Attention to Other Factors in This Balance
    • References
  • Chapter 8. About Balance between Body’s Immune System and Local Joint Inflammation
    • 8.1. Introduction
    • 8.2. Cold Stress
    • 8.3. Pay Attention to Other Factors in This Balance
    • References
  • Chapter 9. About Balance between Exercise and Rest
    • 9.1. Introduction
    • 9.2. Exercise
    • 9.3. Pay Attention to Other Factors in This Balance
    • References
Readership: Researchers of rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatism field;rheumatic patients.
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Head Page
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Copyright
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Preface
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Contents
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Chapter 1. Five Balances in the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Chapter 2. Etiology of Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Chapter 3. Immune System from the Perspective of Complex Network
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Chapter 4. Neuroendocrine immune system from the Perspective of Complex Network
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Chapter 5. About Balance between Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine
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Chapter 6. About Balance between Neuroendocrine System and Immune System
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Chapter 7. About Balance between Th17 and Treg
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Chapter 8. About Balance between Body’s Immune System and Local Joint Inflammation
Sheng-Rong Zou
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Chapter 9. About Balance between Exercise and Rest
Sheng-Rong Zou
PDF (203 KB)
Dr. Shengrong Zou, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China

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