Handbook of dendritic cells : biology, diseases, and therapies /

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Imprint:Weinheim : Wiley-VCH 2006.
Description:3 v. (lxxiii, 1226 p.) : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5844884
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Other authors / contributors:Lutz, Manfred B.
Romani, Nikolaus.
Steinkasserer, A. (Alexander)
ISBN:9783527311095
3527311092
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Volume 1.
  • Preface.
  • List of Contributors.
  • Part A. Dendritic Cell Biology.
  • 1. Introduction to some of the Issues and Mysteries Considered in this Book on Dendritic Cells
  • I. Dendritic Cell Development.
  • 2. Bone Marrow Progenitors of Dendritic and Natural Interferon-producing Cells
  • 3. Growth Factors
  • 4. Transcription Factors: Deciphering the Transcription Factor Network of Dendritic Cell Development
  • II. Sentinel Dendritic Cells in Non-lymphoid Organs.
  • 5. Epidermal Langerhans Cells
  • 6. Characterization of Dendritic Cells and other APC in the Eye
  • 7. Toll-like Receptors
  • 8. C-type Lectins on Dendritic Cells: Antigen Receptors and Modulators of Immune Response
  • 9. Scavenger Receptors on Dendritic Cells
  • 10. Production of the Long Pentraxin PTX-3 by Myeloid Dendritic Cells: Linking Celluar and Humoral Innate Immunity
  • 11. Gene Profiling of Dendritic Cells During Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • III. Dendritic Cells in Secondary Lymphoid Organs.
  • 12. Dendritic Cell Subtypes
  • IV. Circulating Dendritic Cells and their Precursors.
  • 13. pDC: From Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Precursors to Professional Type 1Interferon-producing Cells
  • 14. Monocyte Subsets and their Relation to DCs
  • V. Dendritic Cell Migration.
  • 15. Steady State Migration of Dendritic Cells in Lymph
  • 16. Multiple Pathways to Control DC Migration
  • VI. T Cell Activation and Costimulation.
  • 17. Antigen Processing and Presentation: CD1d and NKT Cells
  • 18. The Role of Dendritic Cells in T-Cell Activation and Differentiation
  • 19. Cytokines Produced by Dendritic Cells
  • Volume 2..
  • VII. Th1 and Th2 Decision.
  • 20. The Plasticity of DC Populations in Promoting Th Cell Responses
  • 21. Microbial Instruction of Dendritic Cells
  • VIII. CTL Priming and Crosspresentation.
  • 22. Crossprocessing and Crosspresentation
  • 23. A Systems Biologista??s View on Dendritic Cells- Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Interaction
  • IX. Dendritic Cells Cross-talk with Other Cell Types. 24. Dendritic Cells and Natural Killer Cells
  • 25. Intercellular Communication via Protein Transfer
  • X. Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells.
  • 26. Differentiation Stages and Subsets of Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells
  • 27. Dendritic Cell Manipulation with Biological and Pharmalogical Agents to Induce Regulatory T Cells
  • 28. Surface Molecules Involved in the Induction of Tolerance by Dendritic Cells
  • 29. Interaction Between Dendritic Cells and Apoptotic Cells
  • 30. Pharmacologically Modified Dendri