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International Congress on Mucosal Immunology
xxxiv, 597 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Pt. 1. Antigen processing and presentation in mucosal-associated tissue -- Principles of antigen processing and presentation -- M cells as a pathway for antigen uptake and processing -- Toward an in vitro model for microorganism transport and antigen sampling through the epithelial digestive barrier -- Role of dendritic cells, macrophages, and yo T cells, in antigen processing and presentation in respiratory mucosa.
Nonprofessional antigen presentation: new rules and regulations -- Pt. 2. Role of epithelial cells in mucosal immunity -- Intestinal epithelial cells: an integral component of the mucosal immune system -- Bacterial activation of mucosal cytokine production -- MHC-like molecules on mucosal epithelial cells -- Regulatory peptides and integration of the intestinal epithelium in mucosal responses -- Role of stromal-epithelial cell interactions and of basement membrane molecules in the onset and maintenance of epithelial integrity.
Neuroendocrine regulation of mucosal immune responses -- New insights into epithelial cell function in mucosal immunity: neutralization of intracellular pathogens and excretion of antigens by IgA -- Structure and function of the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor in epithelial cells -- Pt. 3. Mucosal T lymphocytes and lymphoctye migration -- Ligand recognition by yo T cells -- Development of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes -- Intraepithelial yo T cells interactions in the mucosal immune system.
Lamina propria lymphocytes: a unique population of mucosal lymphocytes -- Cytokine gene knockout mice-lessons for mucosal B-cell development -- Adhesion molecules on mucosal T lymphocytes -- Intestinal epithelial cell-derived interleukin-7 as a regulatory factor for intestinal mucosal lymphocytes -- Defects in T-cell regulation: lessons for inflammmatory bowel disease -- Pt. 4. Mucosal inflammation -- The role of endogenous luminal bacteria and bacterial products in the pathogenesis of experimental enterocolitis and systemic inflammation.
The role of the mucosal immune system in inflammatory bowel disease -- Mast cell heterogeneity and fuctions in mucosal defenses and pathogenesis -- Hepatocellular autoantigens -- Pt. 5. Mucosal infection -- Helicobacter pylori: lessons of "slow" bacteria for the host-parasite interaction -- Helicobacter pylori: infection, inflammation, and the host immune response -- Mechanism of mucosal immunopathology in respiratory syncytial virus infection -- Mucosal HIV infection: a paradigm for dysregulation of the mucosal immune system.
Genital and rectal mucosal immunity against transmission of SIV/HIV -- Beneficial and harmful immune responses in the respiratory tract -- Pt. 5. Vaccines for selective induction of Th1-and Th2-cell responses and their roles in mucosal immunity -- Generalized and compartmentalized mucosal immune responses in humans: cellular and molecular aspects -- Cholera and oral-mucosal anti-infectious and anti-inflammatory vaccines -- Strategies for the use of live recombinant avirulent bacterial vaccines for mucosal immunization.
Use of attenuated salmonella vectors for oral vaccines -- Oral tolerance: a commentary -- Oral tolerance: immunologic mechanisms and treatment of autoimmune diseases -- A molecular approach to the construction of an effective mucosal vaccine adjuvant: studies based on cholera toxin.
edited by Martin F. Kagnoff, Hiroshi Kiyono.
Expanded and reviewed papers presented at the 8th International Congress of Mucosal Immunology.
Includes bibliographical references and index.