HIV Interactions with Dendritic Cells Infection and Immunity /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wu, Li. (Editor), Schwartz, Olivier. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 762
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Microbiology.; Medical virology.; Biomedicine.; Virology.; Medical Microbiology.; Medicine/Public Health, general.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4433-6

Given rapid research progress and advance of the techniques in studying HIV interactions with host cells and factors, there is a critical need for a book on HIV interactions with DCs. The proposed book will aim for a broad readership to facilitate HIV/AIDS research and provide a practical tool for H...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Immunobiology of dendritic cells and the influence of HIV infection
• Antiviral immune responses by human Langerhans cells and dendritic cells in HIV-1 infection
• Plasmacytoid dendritic cells in HIV infection
• Cellular and viral mechanisms of HIV transmission by dendritic cells
• Role of glycosphingolipid in dendritic cell-mediated HIV-1 trans-infection
• Simian immunodeficiency virus interactions with macaque dendritic cells
• Interactions between HIV-1 and innate immunity in dendritic cells
• HIV impairment of immune responses in dendritic cells
• HIV-derived vectors for gene therapy targeting dendritic cells
• Targeting dendritic cells for improved HIV-1 vaccines
• Index.