Essentials of mucosal immunology /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Congress on Mucosal Immunology
Other Authors: Kagnoff, M. F. (Martin F.), Kiyono, H. (Hiroshi)
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, [1996]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.