揭示免疫应答的关键环节——2011年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖简介

摘要

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.%2011年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖颁发给分别来白法国、美国和加拿大的3位免疫学家Jules Hoffmann、Bruce Beutler和Ralph Steinman,以表彰他们对免疫应答包括先天免疫及获得性免疫中关键环节的揭示.他们的工作为疫苗改进,癌症及炎性反应的防治开辟了新的道路.