Abstract

• Recent findings related to the roles of proteasomes in the MHC class I-restricted antigen processing pathway
• New observations and insights on V(D)J recombination
• Structure, function, and mechanisms of regulation of mammalian Ets transcription factors
• Processes of B2m assembly and peptide loading and the involving molecules
• Current concepts and enigmas of lymphocyte homing
• Description of plasmacytomagenesis in mice and insights into the cellular and molecular biology of human plasma cell dyscrasias
• Summary of the rationale for anti TNF antibody therapy and its clinical effects

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