Lymphocyte Activation and Immune Regulation IX: Homeostasis and Lymphocyte Traffic

This volume is divided into three sections. Section I deals with factors that regulate the development and maturation of T cells and B cells and lymphocyte traffic. The significance of C-kit, Bcl-6, IL-7, and Vav in the development of T and B lymphocytes is discussed. A role of lymphotoxins and VAP-...

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Other Authors: Gupta, Sudhir (Editor), Butcher, Eugene (Editor), Paul, William (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA Springer US 2002
Series:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 512
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Online Access:UBR01
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Summary:This volume is divided into three sections. Section I deals with factors that regulate the development and maturation of T cells and B cells and lymphocyte traffic. The significance of C-kit, Bcl-6, IL-7, and Vav in the development of T and B lymphocytes is discussed. A role of lymphotoxins and VAP-I in trafficking of leucocytes is reviewed. Finally, the trafficking and homing characteristics of T cell and B cell subsets, and the regulation of these processes during the immune response, is presented. Section II discusses various aspects of naive and memory T cell biology, including clonal expansion, reprogramming of genes including those encoding cytokines and cytotoxic granules, changes in the expression of cell surface proteins involved in cell-cell adhesion, homing of naive and memory T cells, the role of MHC and cytokines in the maintenance of naive and memory T cells, and the characterization and differentiation of virus-specific memory T cell heterogeneity in mice and humans. Novel methods of visualization of immune cells and immune systems are reviewed in Section III.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (IX, 212 p)
ISBN:9781461507574
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4615-0757-4

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