Dendritic Cells in Clinics

• Main Authors: Onji, Morikazu (Author), Fazle Akbar, Sk. Md (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan, 2008.
• Edition: 2nd Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Hepatology.; Infectious diseases.; Biomedicine.; Infectious Diseases.

Great advances have taken place in basic research and the clinical usefulness of dendritic cells (DCs). It has now been clearly established, for instance, that these cells play a crucial role in immune responses against infectious diseases and cancers. Antigen-presenting DCs are widely distributed i...

Table of Contents:

• History of Dendritic Cells
• General Features of Dendritic Cells
• Interactions Between Dendritic Cells and Infectious Agents
• Dendritic Cells and Allergy
• Dendritic Cells and Autoimmunity
• Dendritic Cells in Tumor Immunology
• Dendritic Cells in Transplantation
• Dendritic Cell-based Immune Therapy: Concept, Design, Present Limitations, and Future Projections.