Focus
Decision making in the immune system
- Focus issue:
- August 2010 Volume 11, No 8
Immune cells integrate a variety of environmental cues and intrinsic programs to build a protective response. Nature Immunology presents a series of specially commissioned articles that discuss the molecular processes and extrinsic signals that influence fate decisions in the immune system.
Editorial
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Elements of a good decision - p645
doi:10.1038/ni0810-645
Signal integration, network complexities and genetic programming render the immune system ready to react to challenges from without and within.
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Reviews
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Programming dendritic cells to induce TH2 and tolerogenic responses - pp647 - 655
Bali Pulendran, Hua Tang & Santhakumar Manicassamy
doi:10.1038/ni.1894
Abstract - Programming dendritic cells to induce TH2 and tolerogenic responses | Full Text - Programming dendritic cells to induce TH2 and tolerogenic responses | PDF (1,093 KB) - Programming dendritic cells to induce TH2 and tolerogenic responses
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Epithelial decision makers: in search of the 'epimmunome' - pp656 - 665
Mahima Swamy, Colin Jamora, Wendy Havran & Adrian Hayday
doi:10.1038/ni.1905
Abstract - Epithelial decision makers: in search of the 'epimmunome' | Full Text - Epithelial decision makers: in search of the 'epimmunome' | PDF (720 KB) - Epithelial decision makers: in search of the 'epimmunome'
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Decision checkpoints in the thymus - pp666 - 673
Andrea C Carpenter & Rémy Bosselut
doi:10.1038/ni.1887
Abstract - Decision checkpoints in the thymus | Full Text - Decision checkpoints in the thymus | PDF (829 KB) - Decision checkpoints in the thymus
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Effector T cell plasticity: flexibility in the face of changing circumstances - pp674 - 680
Kenneth M Murphy & Brigitta Stockinger
doi:10.1038/ni.1899
Abstract - Effector T cell plasticity: flexibility in the face of changing circumstances | Full Text - Effector T cell plasticity: flexibility in the face of changing circumstances | PDF (610 KB) - Effector T cell plasticity: flexibility in the face of changing circumstances
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Control systems and decision making for antibody production - pp681 - 688
Christopher C Goodnow, Carola G Vinuesa, Katrina L Randall, Fabienne Mackay & Robert Brink
doi:10.1038/ni.1900
Abstract - Control systems and decision making for antibody production | Full Text - Control systems and decision making for antibody production | PDF (669 KB) - Control systems and decision making for antibody production
Research Highlights
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Research Highlights - p689
doi:10.1038/ni0810-689
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