title: Current strategies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
abstract: Autoimmune disease therapy may be considered a puzzle under construction. Current treatments for autoimmune diseases include physical therapy, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), corticosteroids, disease-modifying anti-inflammatory drugs (DMARDs), anticytokine therapies, inhibition of intracellular-signaling pathways, costimulation inhibition, biological inhibitors of T cell function, B-cell anergy and depletion, regulatory T cells, stem cell transplantion. New biologic drugs that target specific cells or cytokines involved in the early inflammatory response started because of their improved efficacy and limited toxicity. The hematopoietic stem cell transplantation represents a possible therapeutic strategy for autoimmune diseases resistant to available treatments.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pisarri
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salsano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008212:Lymphocyte Depletion; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines