ISBN: 3540675698
TITLE: Lymphoid Organogenesis
AUTHOR: Melchers, Fritz (Ed.)
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List of Contributors XI
I Stem Cells - Hematopoietic, Epithelial, Others
M.F. Pittenger, J.D. Mosca and K.R. McIntosh
Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Progenitor Cells for Cartilage, Bone, Fat and Stroma 3
R.L. Phillips
Investigating the Genetic Control of Stem Cell Behavior 13
A.G. Rolink and F. Melchers
Precursor B Cells from Pax-5-deficient Mice - Stem Cells for Macrophages. Granulocytes, Osteoclasts, Dendritic Cells, Natural Killer Cells, Thymocytes and T Cells 21
U. Just, D. Boettiger, O. Kan, T.M. Dexter and E. Spooncer
Insertional Mutagenesis as a Route to Identifying Genes Involved in Self Renewal of Haemopoietic Stem Cells 27
Y. Yokota, S. Mori, S.-I. Nishikawa, A. Mansouri, P. Gruss, T. Kusunoki, T. Katakai and A. Shimizu
The Helix-Loop-Helix Inhibitor Id2 and Cell Differentiation Control 35
A.J. Potocnik
Role of beta1 Integrin for Hemato-Lymphopoiesis in Mouse Development 43
J. Liippo, K.-P. Nera, P. Kohonen, M. Lampisuo, K. Koskela, P. Nieminen and O. Lassila
The Ikaros Family and the Development of Early Intraembryonic Hematopoietic Stem Cells 51
M. Kondo and I.L. Weissman
Function of Cytokines in Lymphocyte Development 59
P.W. Kincade, K.J. Payne, K.-S. Tudor, Y. Yamashita, K.L. Medina, M.I.D. Rossi and T. Kouro
Re-evaluation of B Lymphocyte Lineage Differentiation Schemes 67
II Vessel Development
A. Lymboussaki. M.G. Achen, S.A. Stacker and K. Alitalo
Growth Factors Regulating Lymphatic Vessels 75
A. Eichmann, C. Corbel, L. Pardanaud, C. Brant, D. Moyon and L. Yuan
Hemangioblastic Precursors in the Avian Embryo 83
M.A. Aurrand-Lions, L. Duncan, L. Du Pasquier and B.A. Imhof
Cloning of JAM-2 and JAM-3: an Emerging Junctional Adhesion Molecular Family? 91
III Thymus Development
H.-R. Rodewald
Thymus Epithelial Cell Reaggregate Grafts 101
M. Naspetti, F. Martin, A. Biancotto, F. Malergue, P. Mansuelle, F. Galland and P. Naquet
A Novel Anti-Ep-CAM Antibody to Analyze the Organization of Thymic Medulla in Autoimmunity 109
M. Schorpp, W. Wiest, C. Egger, M. Hammerschmidt, T. Schlake and T. Boehm
Genetic Dissection of Thymus Development 119
W. van Ewijk, H. Kawamoto, W.T.V. Germeraad and Y. Katsura
Developing Thymocytes Organize Thymic Microenvironments 125
J.J.T. Owen, D.E. McLoughlin, R.K. Suniara and E.J. Jenkinson
The Role of Mesenchyme in Thymus Development 133
B. Kyewski, B. Rttinger and L. Klein
Making Central T-Cell Tolerance Efficient: Thymic Stromal Cells Sample Distinct Self-Antigen Pools 139
IV Lymphoid Tissue Development
Y.-J. Liu, N. Kadowaki, M.-C. Rissoan and V. Soumelis
T Cell Activation and Polarization by DC1 and DC2 149
M. Cella, H. Nakajima, F. Facchetti, T. Hoffmann and M. Colonna
ILT Receptors at the Interface Between Lymphoid and Myeloid Cells 161
F. Sallusto, A. Langenkamp, J. Geginat and A. Lanzavecchia
Functional Subsets of Memory T Cells Identified by CCR7 Expression 167
M. Lipp, R. Burgstahler, G. Mller, V. Pemner, E. Kremmer, E. Wolf and R. Frster
Functional Organization of Secondary Lymphoid Organs by the Chemokine System 173
C. Schaniel, F. Melchers and A.G. Rolink
The Cluster of ABCD Chemokines which Organizes T Cell-dependent B Cell Responses 181
B.A. de Boer, I. Voigt, H.-J. Kim, S.A. Camacho, M. Lipp, R. Frster and C. Berek
Affinity Maturation in Ectopic Germinal Centers 191
R. Mebius and K. Akashi
Precursors to Neonatal Lymph Nodes: Ltbeta^+CD45^+CD4^+CD3^- Cells are Found in Fetal Liver 197
R. Ettinger
The Role of Tumor Necrosis Factor and Lymphotoxin in Lymphoid Organ Development 203
Subject Index 211
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