Volume 122. Advances in Immunology

Contributors
Chapter One: Regulation of Immunoglobulin Class-Switch Recombination
Abstract

1 Overview of Genomic Alterations in B Cells

2 Initiation of CSR: S Regions and Germline Transcription

3 Induction of DNA Lesions in CSR: Essential Requirement of AID

4 Processing of Deaminated DNA: Requirements for BER and MMR Proteins

5 Completion of CSR: Synapsis and End-Joining

6 AID Phosphorylation at Serine-38 and a Role Beyond DNA Deamination

7 Multifaceted Regulation of AID Expression and Activity

8 Targeting of AID to the Ig Loci

9 AID Activity Beyond the Ig Loci

10 Perspectives

Acknowledgments

Chapter Two: Two Forms of Adaptive Immunity in Vertebrates
Abstract

1 Introduction

2 Discovery of VLR

3 Structure of VLR Proteins and Genes

4 Functions of VLR and Lymphocyte Lineages

5 Interplay of VLRB and the Complement System

6 Similarities and Differences in the Two Forms of Adaptive Immunity

7 Evolution of Antigen Receptors

8 Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgments

Chapter Three: Recognition of Tumors by the Innate Immune System and Natural Killer Cells
Abstract

1 Introduction

2 Innate Cells and Effector Molecules in Tumor Surveillance

3 Germline-Encoded Receptors Implicated in Tumor Surveillance

4 The Immunogenicity of Cancer: How Alterations Common to Cancer Can Result in Detection by Innate Immune Cells

5 Interplay Between Tumors and Innate Lymphocytes

6 Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgments

Chapter Four: Signaling Circuits in Early B-Cell Development
Abstract

1 Introduction

2 Moving from the pro-B to the pre-B Stage

3 The Interleukin 7 Receptor

4 The preBCR and Its Autonomous Signaling

5 Lessons from Transgenic and Knockout Mouse Studies

6 Signaling Pathways Controlling pre-B-