Dendritic cell interactions with bacteria /

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Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Description:xix, 246 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 14
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6419442
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Other authors / contributors:Rescigno, Maria, 1968-
ISBN:0521855861 (hardcover)
9780521855860 (hardcover)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • List of Contributors
  • I. Dendritic cells and their role in immunity
  • 1. Subpopulations and differentiation of mouse dendritic cells
  • 2. Toll-like receptor signaling
  • 3. MHC class I and II pathways for presentation and cross-presentation of bacterial antigens
  • II. Dendritic cells and innate immune responses to bacteria
  • 4. Dendritic cell activation and uptake of bacteria in vivo
  • 5. Role of dendritic cells in the innate response to bacteria
  • 6. Interactions between natural killer and dendritic cells during bacterial infections
  • III. Dendritic cells and adaptive immune responses to bacteria
  • 7. Peculiar ability of dendritic cells to process and present antigens from vacuolar pathogens: a lesson from Legionella
  • 8. Dendritic cells, macrophages and cross-presentation of bacterial antigens: a lesson from Salmonella
  • IV. Dendritic cells and immune evasion of bacteria in vivo
  • 9. Pathogen-recognition receptors as targets for pathogens to modulate immune function of antigen-presenting cells
  • 10. Suppression of immune responses by bacteria and their products through dendritic cell modulation and regulatory T cell induction
  • 11. Dendritic cells in the gut and their possible role in disease
  • Index