AN INTRODUCTION TO EPIGENETICS -- CHROMATIN MECHANISMS REGULATING GENE EXPRESSION IN HEALTH AND DISEASE -- EPIGENETIC CONTROL OF LYMPHOCYTE DIFERENTIATION -- EPIGENETIC CONTROL IN IMMUNE FUNCTION -- DNA METHYLATION AND B-CELL AUTOR EACTIVITY -- ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES -- EPIGENETIC DYSREGULATION OF EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS LATENCY AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE -- DOES GENOMIC IMPRINTING PLAY A ROLE IN AUTOIMMUNITY? -- A NEW EPIGENETIC CHALLENGE: SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS -- EPIGENETIC DEREGULATION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS -- PROSPECTS FOR EPIGENETIC COMPOUNDS IN THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE -- PROFILING EPIGENETIC ALTERATIONS IN DISEASE. This volume focuses on the relevance of epigenetic mechanisms in autoimmune disease. It provides new directions for future research in autoimmune disease.