Dendritic cells : biology and clinical applications /

Dendritic Cells, 2nd Edition is the new edition of the extremely successful book published in 1998. With the volume of literature on dendritic cells doubling every year, it is almost impossible to keep up. This book provides the most up-to-date synthesis of the literature, written by the very best a...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Lotze, Michael T; Thomson, Angus W
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: San Diego :
Publication Dates: 2001.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124558519
Summary: Dendritic Cells, 2nd Edition is the new edition of the extremely successful book published in 1998. With the volume of literature on dendritic cells doubling every year, it is almost impossible to keep up. This book provides the most up-to-date synthesis of the literature, written by the very best authors. It is essential reading for any scientist working in immunology, cell biology, infectious diseases, cancer, transplantation, genetic engineering, or the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry. * An entirely new section on DC biology is included in this edition. Also new to this edition are
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxii, 794 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780124558519
0124558518
9781429478717
1429478713
Index Number: QR185
CLC: R392.12
Contents: PrefaceMichael T Lotze and Angus W Thomson -- Foreword Dendritic Cells in Biology and Disease -- Sir Gustav JV Nossal, FRS -- I. ORIGIN AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF DENDRITIC CELLS -- Chapter 1The Development of Dendritic Cells from Hematopoietic Precursors -- Li Wu and Anne Galy -- Chapter 2Dendritic Cells in the Thymus -- Hergen Spits -- Chapter 3T cell activation and polarization by dendritic cells -- Yong Jung Liu, Vassilli Soumelis and Nori Kadowaki -- Chapter 4Follicular Dendritic Cells: Molecules Associated with Function -- Marie Kosco-Vilbois -- Chapter 5Langerhans Cells -- Dieter Maurer