Natural Killer Cells At the Forefront of Modern Immunology
Natural killer (NK) cells have been at the forefront of immunology for two decades. During that time, a great amount of information about these cells has been obtained. They are important in antiinfectious and antitumoral defense and shape the adaptive im
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Jacques Zimmer Editor
Natural Killer Cells At the Forefront of Modern Immunology
Editor Dr. Jacques Zimmer Centre de Recherche Public de la Sante´ Lab. Immuno-Allergologie 84 Val Fleuri 1526 Luxembourg Luxembourg [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-642-02308-8 e-ISBN 978-3-642-02309-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-02309-5 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009930465 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
It is an interesting and even exciting experience to be the editor of a scientific book. After the decision of producing the book has been made together with the publisher, the first step is to establish the list of topics to be covered and the list of potential authors. Regarding the latter, the editor is in the same situation as the director of a movie in that he wants to have as much stars in the field as possible to contribute a chapter. For that, the potential authors have to be contacted and invited. They can be subdivided into three groups: (1) those who reply and accept to write a chapter, (2) those who reply but do not accept to write a chapter, and finally (3) those who do not even reply. In my case, I was lucky that the vast majority of authors I contacted with my request were in group 1, and so I did not face too many difficulties in filling the table of contents. However, there was a small subgroup containing one author who first submitted his chapter but subsequently decided to publish it in another book. In group 2, people claimed that they were too busy, which is a valuable argument. In any case, I am very grateful to all the authors who contributed for the time and energy they spent in doing so. Why publish a book about NK cells in 2009? Simply because they are still, nearly two decades after becoming fashionable, at the forefront of modern immunology. Nearly every month, new and exciting findings about NK cells are published, and they have not yet revealed all their secrets. They are by far not only of academic interest, as it becomes increasingly clear that t
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