- 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