Journal of Capital Medical University ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 710-713.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7795.2011.05.017

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The breakthrough in understanding immune response introduction of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011

ZHANG Ting, WANG Xiao-min   

  1. Department of Neurobiology, Beijing Institute for Neuroscience, Capital Medical University, Key Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases of Ministry of Education of China, Beijing 100069, China
  • Received:2011-10-10 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2011-10-21 Published:2011-10-21

Abstract: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011 is divided, with one half jointly to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity and the other half to Ralph M. Steinman for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity. The detailed understanding of the immune system provided by the new Nobel laureates has given other researchers the ability to improve vaccines and to attempt to stimulate immune reactions to cancer and inflammation.

Key words: innate immunity, adaptive immunity, dendritic cell, Toll-like receptor(TLR), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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