C-Type Lectin Receptors in Immunity

Part I. ITAM-Coupled Activating Receptors

1. Dectin-2 in Antimicrobial Immunity and Homeostasis
Rikio Yabe, Shinobu Saijo

2. Pathogen-Sensing by Mincle: Function and Molecular Aspects
Masahiro Nagata, Zakaria Omahdi, Sho Yamasaki

3. The DAP12-Associated Myeloid C-Type Lectin 5A (CLEC5A)
Shie-Liang Hsieh

Part II. HemITAM-Bearing Receptors

4. Dectin-1 (CLEC7A, BGR, CLECSF12)
Patawee Asamaphan, Janet A. Willment, Gordon D. Brown

5. DNGR-1, an F-Actin-Binding C-Type Lectin Receptor Involved in Cross-Presentation of Dead Cell-Associated Antigens by Dendritic Cells
Pavel Hanč, Salvador Iborra, Santiago Zelenay, Janneke Blijswijk, David Sancho, Caetano Reis e Sousa

6. C-Type Lectin-Like Receptor 2 (CLEC-2)
Katsue Suzuki-Inoue

Part III. ITIM-Bearing Receptors

7. Dendritic Cell Immunoreceptor (DCIR): An ITIM-Harboring C-Type Lectin Receptor
Tomonori Kaifu, Yoichiro Iwakura

8. Regulation and Function of the Inhibitory C-Type Lectin Clec12A/MICL
Konstantin Neumann, Jürgen Ruland

Part IV. Other Receptors and Related Topics

9. DC-SIGN in Infection and Immunity
Joris K. Sprokholt, Ronald J. Overmars, Teunis B. H. Geijtenbeek

10. LOX-1 and Immunity
Anja Hofmann, Tatsuya Sawamura, Henning Morawietz

11. MGL/CD301 as a Unique C-Type Lectin Expressed on Dendritic Cells and Macrophages
Kaori Denda-Nagai, Tatsuro Irimura

12. Structural Aspects of C-Type Lectin Receptors
Atsushi Furukawa, Shunsuke Kita, Takashi Tadokoro, Hideo Fukuhara, Katsumi Maenaka

13. The Ligands of C-Type Lectins
Amy J. Foster, Jessie H. Bird, Mattie S. M. Timmer, Bridget L. Stocker

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