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Main Title Visualizing Immunity [electronic resource] /
Type EBOOK
Author Dustin, Michael.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
McGavern, Dorian.
Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Year Published 2009
Call Number QR180-189.5
ISBN 9783540938644
Subjects Medicine ; Human physiology ; Immunology
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-93864-4
Collation online resource.
Notes
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes
Two-Photon Imaging of the Immune System: A Custom Technology Platform for High-Speed, Multicolor Tissue Imaging of Immune Responses -- Visualizing Intermolecular Interactions in T Cells -- Multiscale analysis of T cell activation: correlating in vitro and in vivo analysis of the immunological synapse -- T Cell Migration Dynamics Within Lymph Nodes During Steady State: An Overview of Extracellular and Intracellular Factors Influencing the Basal Intranodal T Cell Motility -- Chemoattract Receptor Signaling and Its Role in Lymphocyte Motility and Trafficking -- New Insights Into Leukocyte Recruitment by Intravital Microscopy -- Visualizing the Molecular and Cellular Events Underlying the Initiation of B-Cell Activation -- Tracking the Dynamics of Salmonella Specific T Cell Responses -- Imaging Listeria monocytogenes Infection In Vivo -- Inflammation on the Mind: Visualizing Immunity in the Central Nervous System -- Multiphoton Imaging of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte-Mediated Antitumor Immune Responses. The immune system is not bound by a single tissue but is instead bestowed with the challenge of warding off invading pathogens throughout the body. Constant surveillance of the body requires that the immune system be highly mobile and able to purge pathogens from all tissues. Because each tissue presents its own unique architecture and milieu, it is necessary for the immune system to be as malleable as it is dynamic. For example, how the immune system handles a pathogen in the lung can differ significantly from a pathogen encountered in the gut. Understanding immune complexity in diverse tissue environments is a challenge for researchers. However, advances in imaging have greatly improved our ability to probe the immune system. From snap-shots in time to 4D movies, imaging systems have been used to generate stunning visualizations of immune cells in action throughout the body. These visualizations are not only aesthetically pleasing but they have yielded great advances in our understanding of immune function. This volume provides a synopsis of major insights in immunology revealed using imaging approaches. "Seeing is truly believing", and this volume was assembled to recognize past accomplishments and to provide visions of what the future holds in store in this exciting field.