title: Dendritic cells bask in the limelight.
abstract: Ralph Steinman is to receive the 2007 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research for his discovery of dendritic cells and his path-breaking work demonstrating their central role as the principal antigen-presenting cells of the immune system and key activators of T cell responses.
authors: Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. wpaul@niaid.nih.gov
authors: William E
authors: WE
authors: Paul
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D017951:Antigen Presentation; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history; D016207:Cytokines / Q000276:immunology; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines