The Nobel Prize-Winning Work of Ralph Steinman (1943-2011) and Its Relevance to Transplantation

摘要

Ralph Marvin Steinman, whose seminal discovery of dendritic leukocytes and their potent ability to stimulate adaptive T-cell responses launched a new field and invigorated almost all branches of basic and clinical immunology, died on September 30, 2011, 2 to 3 days before being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine (shared with Bruce Beutler and Matthais Hoffman for their discovery of receptors that recognize microbial products and activate the immune system).