1. Auflage - Februar 2006
332,- Euro
2006. LXIV, 1226 Seiten, 3 Bände, Hardcover
112 Abb. (57 Farbabb.), 25 Tab. 
- Handbuch/Nachschlagewerk -
ISBN-10: 3-527-31109-2
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31109-5 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim

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In three volumes, this most comprehensive handbook on dendritic cells covers all aspects --from molecular cell biology to clinical applications, highlighting the role of dendritic cells in fighting cancer, virus infections, and autoimmune diseases.

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DENDRITIC CELL BIOLOGY
Introduction to some of the Issues and Mysteries Considered in this Book on Dendritic Cells
Dendritic Cell Development
- Bone Marrow Progenitors of Natural Interferon Producing and Dendritic Cells
- Growth Factors
- Transcription Factors
Sentinel Dendritic Cells in Non-lymphoid Organs
- Epidermal Langerhans Cells
- Characterization of DC and other APC in the Eye
- Toll-like Receptors
- C-type Lectins on Dendritic Cells: Antigen Receptors and Modulators of Immune Response
- Scavenger Receptors on Dendritic Cells
- Production of the Long Pentraxin PTX-3 by Myeloid Dendritic Cells: Linking Celluar and Humoral Innate Immunity
- Gene Profiling of Dendritic Cells During Host-pathogen Interactions
Dendritic Cells in Secondary Lymphoid Organs
- Dendritic Cell Subtypes
Circulating DC and their precursors
- pDC: From Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Precursors to Professional Type 1Interferon-producing Cells
- Monocyte Subsets and their Relation to DCs
Dendritic Cell Migration
- Steady State Migration of Dendritic Cells in Lymph
- Multiple Pathways to Control DC Migration
T Cell Activation and Costimulation
- CD1d & NKT Cells
- The Role of Dendritic Cells in T Cell Activation and Differentiation
- Cytokines Produced by Dendritic Cells
Th1 and Th2 Decision
- The Plasticity of DC Populations in Promoting Th Cell Responses
- Microbial Instruction of Dendritic Cells
CTL Priming and Crosspresentation
- Crossprocessing & Crosspresentation
- A Systems Biologist's View on Dendritic Cells
DC Crosstalk with Other Cell Types
- Dendritic Cells and Natural Killer Cells
- Intercellular Communication via Protein Transfer
Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells
- Differentiation Stages and Subsets of Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells
- Dendritic Cell Manipulation with Biological and Pharmalogical Agents to Induce Regulatory T Cells
- Surface Molecules Involved in the Induction of Tolerance by Dendritic Cells
- Interaction Between Dendritic Cells and Apoptotic Cells
- Pharmacologically Modified Dendritic Cells: A Route to Tolerance Associated Genes
DENDRITIC CELLS IN DISEASE
Parasites
- Malaria
- Dendritic Cells in Leishmaniasis: Regulators of Immunity and Tools for New Immune Intervention Strategies
- Sentinel and Regulatory Functions of Dendritic Cells in the Immune Response to Toxoplasma Gondii
- Schistosoma
Bacteria
- Dendritic Cells and Immunity to Salmonella
- Dendritic Cells in Tubercolosis
- Dendritic Cell-epithelial Cell Interactions in Response to Intestinal Bacteria
Viruses
- Sleeping with the Enemy: The Insidious Relationship Between Dendritic Cells and Immunodeficiency Viruses
- Cytomegalovirus Infection of Dendritic Cells
- Interactions of Hemorrhagic Fever Viruses with Dendritic Cells
- Dendritic Cells in Measles Virus Pathogenesis
- Dendritic Cells and Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1
- EBV
Fungi
- Dendritic Cells in Immunity and Vaccination to Fungi
Autoimmunity
- Dendritic Cells in Autoimmune Diseases
Transplantation
- Role of Dendritic Cells in Graft Rejection and Graft-versus-host-disease
- Dendritic Cells and Transplantation Tolerance
- Dendritic Cells, Immune Regulation and Transplant Tolerance
Allergy, Asthma
- Nickel Presentation to T Cells in Contact Hypersensivity
- Dendritic Cells in Asthma
Cancer
- Dendritic Cells in Human Cancer
THERAPEUTICAL APPLICATION OF DENDRITIC CELLS
Cancer
- DC Subsets as Targets and Vectors for Vaccination
- Renal Cell Carcinoma
Antigen delivery
- Cross Presentation and Loading of Tumor Antigens for Dendritic Cell Vaccination against Cancer
- Nucleic Acid Transfer