Tuesday April 20, 2010, from 14.30 to 15.30 in the Auditorium Brachet Thomas Brocker Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany "The role of Dendritic Cells in peripheral tolerance induction and viral infection" We have generated several transgenic and k.o.-mouse strains to manipulate specific functions of Dendritic Cells (MHC class I direct or cross-presentation, antigen uptake, development). These strains were utilized to study the roles of DCs during maintenance of peripheral tolerance, viral infection and vaccination. |