Contents

pp vii-viii

Preface

pp ix-xii

List of Abbreviations

pp xiii-xvi

List of Contributors

pp xvii-xx

I - Dendritic cells and their role in immunity

pp 1-2

1 - Subpopulations and differentiation of mouse dendritic cells

pp 3-26

2 - Toll-like receptor signaling

pp 27-50

3 - MHC class I and II pathways for presentation and cross-presentation of bacterial antigens

pp 51-78

II - Dendritic cells and innate immune responses to bacteria

pp 79-80

4 - Dendritic cell activation and uptake of bacteria in vivo

pp 81-98

5 - Role of dendritic cells in the innate response to bacteria

pp 99-118

6 - Interactions between natural killer and dendritic cells during bacterial infections

pp 119-138

III - Dendritic cells and adaptive immune responses to bacteria

pp 139-140

7 - Peculiar ability of dendritic cells to process and present antigens from vacuolar pathogens: a lesson from Legionella

pp 141-158

8 - Dendritic cells, macrophages and cross-presentation of bacterial antigens: a lesson from Salmonella

pp 159-170

IV - Dendritic cells and immune evasion of bacteria in vivo

pp 171-172

9 - Pathogen-recognition receptors as targets for pathogens to modulate immune function of antigen-presenting cells

pp 173-192

10 - Suppression of immune responses by bacteria and their products through dendritic cell modulation and regulatory T cell induction

pp 193-222

11 - Dendritic cells in the gut and their possible role in disease

pp 223-242

Index

pp 243-246

Plate section