Cd4+cd25+ Regulatory T Cells: Origin, Function and Therapeutic Potential

By Elisabeth Suri-Payer

Book Overview

Preface.- Selection of CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells by Self-Peptides.- The Role of TCR Specificity in Naturally Arising CD25+ CD4+ Regulatory T Cell Biology.- Thymic Commitment of Regulatory T Cells Is a Pathway of TCR-Dependent Selection That 'Isolates' Repertoires Undergoing Positive or Negative Selection.- Selection and Behaviour of CD4+CD25+ T Cells in vivo: Lessons from T Cell Receptor Transgenic Models.- Migration Matters: Functional Properties of Na?ve- and Effector/Memory-Like Regulatory T Cell Subsets.- Peripheral Generation and Function of CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells.- Dendritic Cells, Key Cells for the Induction of Regulatory T Cells?.- Autoimmune Gastritis Is a Well-Defined Autoimmune Disease Model for the Study or CD4+CD25+ T Cell-Mediated Suppresion.- Regulatory T Cells in Experimental Colitis.- Autoimmune Ovarian Disease in Day 3-Thymectomized Mice: the Neonatal Time Window, Antigen Specificity of Disease Suppression, and Genetic Control.- Regulatory T Cells in Transplantation Tolerance. Infectious Tolerance.- CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.- ..................- Phenotypic and Functional Differences Between Human CD4+CD25+ and Type 1 Regulatory T Cells.- Subject Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642063764
• ISBN13: 9783642063763
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"