Auto-immunity in the Endocrine System

1 General Principles of Immunology (as Related to Auto-immune Disease).- 1.1 Immunity and the Immune Response.- 1.2 References.- 2 Auto-immunity in Thyroid Disease.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Studies of the Immunological Aspects of Thyroid Disease.- 2.3 Summary.- 2.4 References.- 3 Auto-immunity in Diabetes Mellitus.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Genetics.- 3.3 HLA Antigens in Type I Diabetes.- 3.4 Relationship to Other Organ-specific Auto-immune Diseases.- 3.5 Immunologic Disturbances.- 3.6 The Possible Role of Viruses in the Induction of Insulinopenic Diabetes.- 3.7 The Role of Immunity in the Pathogenesis of Complications of Diabetes Mellitus.- 3.8 Immunological Aspects of Islet and Pancreas Transplantation in Diabetes.- 3.9 Summary.- 3.10 References.- 4 Auto-immunity of the Anterior Pituitary.- 4.1 References.- 5 Auto-immune Diseases of the Adrenals, Gonads and Parathyroids: Auto-immune Polyendocrine Disease.- 5.1 Addison's Disease.- 5.2 Experimental Auto-immune Adrenalitis.- 5.3 Pathology of Idiopathic Addison's Disease.- 5.4 Humoral Immunity in Human Addison's Disease.- 5.5 Cell-mediated Immunity in Addison's Disease.- 5.6 Genetic Aspects of Auto-immune Addison's Disease.- 5.7 Other Organ-specific Auto-immune Diseases Associated with Idiopathic Addison's Disease.- 5.8 Polyendocrine Auto-immune Disease.- 5.9 Other Possible Auto-immune Endocrinopathies.- 5.10 Summary.- 5.11 References.- 6 Immunological Aspects of Male Infertility.- 6.1 References.- 7 Epilogue.- 7.1 Introduction.