**Meet the editor**

Dr. Wahid Ali Khan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, KSA. Dr. Khan has served as a member of the editorial board of more than six international journals and has been guest editor for two journals. His research interests include the role of estrogen and its metabolites in various autoimmune dis-

eases. He is also interested in cloning interferon alpha 2b and finding out its role in the pathogenesis of different types of autoimmune diseases. Dr. Khan has published more than 25 articles, 4 reviews, and 3 book chapters. He is also the editor of four books, which have been well recognized and documented by the international research community.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Wahid Ali Khan

Neval Yurttutan Uyar

**Section 2 Cytokines and Interferons 63**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Autoantibodies and Their Types 3**

Chapter 2 **Structure, Physiology, and Functions of Autoantibodies 13**

Chapter 3 **Autoantibodies: Key Mediators of Autoimmune Infertility 37** Kaushiki M. Kadam, Purvi Mande and Asmita Choudhury

Vinicius L. Ferreira, Helena H.L. Borba, Aline de F. Bonetti, Leticia P.

Subuhi Sherwani, Mushtaq Ahmed Khan and Mohammed Suliman

Chapter 4 **Cytokines and Interferons: Types and Functions 65**

**Section 3 Autoantibodies and Cytokines in Different Diseases 89**

Chapter 6 **Autoantibodies and Cytokines in Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid**

Mohd Wajid Ali Khan and Wahid Ali Khan

Chapter 7 **Primary Sjögren's Syndrome and Autoantibodies 119** Maria Maślińska and Brygida Kwiatkowska

Leonart and Roberto Pontarolo

Chapter 5 **Autoantibodies in Viral Infections 91**

Almogbel

**Arthritis 101**

**Section 1 Autoantibodies 1**
