title: Conference scene: antigen-presenting cells: different approaches to immune induction and tolerance.
abstract: APCs are key players in the induction of T-cell responses. Accordingly, they have gained much attention as therapeutic targets for inflammatory diseases and cancer. Understanding their mode of action could serve in revealing novel approaches for the induction and blockade of T-cell immunity. This meeting has focused on recent advances in inducing the tolerogenic and immunostimulatory function of dendritic cells as well as current progress in the understanding of dendritic cell suppression through the CD4(+) Treg cell function.
authors.forename: Nectarios
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nicolaou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007114:Immunization; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology; D006113:United Kingdom