Antigen presenting cells :from mechanisms to drug development /edited by Harald Kropshofer and Anne B. Vogt. --Wiley, 2005. --(63.173/A629c)

Contents

Contents:

1. Some old and Some new Findings on Antigen Processing and Presentation  3

2. Antigen Entry Routes-Where Foreign Invaders Meet Antigen Presenting

    Cells  27

3. Antigen Processing in the Context of MHC Class I Molecules  51

4. Antigen Processing for MHC Class II  89

5. Antigen Processing and Presentation by CDT Family Proteins  129

6. Naturally Processed Self-peptides of MHC Molecules  159

7. Target Cell Contributions to Cytotoxic Cell Sensitivity  199

8. Stimulation of Antigen Presenting Cells: from Classical Adjuvants to Toll-like Receptor (TLR) Ligands  221

9. Evolution and Diversity of Macrophages  247

10. Macrophages-Balancing Tolerance and Immunity  331

11. Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils as Antigen-presenting Cells  415

12. Microglia-The Professional Antigen-presenting Cells of the CNS?  441

13. Contribution of B Cells to Autoimmune Pathogenesis  461

14. Dendritic Cells (DCs) in Immunity and Maintenance of Tolerance  503

15. Thymic Dendritic Cells  523

16. Antigen Presenting Cells as Drug Targets  541