Dendritic cells are vital to induce potent anti-viral immune responses. It will become clear to the reader that dendritic cells often play a dual role during viral infections. On the one hand they are able to mount potent antiviral immune responses, and on the other hand several viruses, including HIV-1, use DC as a vector to be transferred from the periphery to the lymph nodes where they infect their prime target.

List of Contents

1: Interaction of Dendritic Cells and Viruses
The Interaction of Immunodeficiency Viruses with Dendritic Cells
DC-SIGN: A Novel HIV Receptor on DC that Mediates HIV-1 Transmission
Contrasting Roles of Dendritic Cells and B Cells in the Immune Control of Epstein-Barr Virus
Dendritic Cells and Measles Virus Infection
Measles Virus and Dendritic Cell Functions: How Specific Response Cohabites with Immunosuppression?
Infection of Dendritic Cells by Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus (LCMV)
The Interaction between Dendritic Cells and Herpes Simplex Virus-1
2: Dendritic Cells and Immune-Intervention Strategies
Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy
Dendritic Cell Vaccination and Viral Infection - Animal Models
Interplay Between Human Papilloma Viruses and Dendritic Cells
Viral Vectors for Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapy
Cross Presentation of Cell-Associated Antigens by Dendritic Cells
Dendritic Cells and HCMV Cross Presentation.