Phagocyte-pathogen interactions : macrophages and the host response to infection /

Featuring contributions from eminent immunologists, microbial geneticists, and cell and molecular biologists, this single volume brings together a current understanding of how phagocytes recognize and respond to potentially pathogenic microbes. It explores and explains the complex biology underlying...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Russell, David G., 1956- (Editor), Gordon, Siamon (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Phagocytes.
Macrophages.
Host-parasite relationships.
Phagocytes > pathology
Host-Pathogen Interactions > immunology
Macrophages > immunology
Phagocytes
Host-Parasite Interactions
Relations hôte-parasite.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Host-parasite relationships
Macrophages
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Contributors; Foreword: What Would Darwin Have Said?; Preface; SECTION I: BIOLOGY OF THE PROFESSIONAL PHAGOCYTE; SECTION II: MEMBRANE RECEPTORS: RECOGNITION, ADHESION, PHAGOCYTOSIS, CHEMOTAXIS, AND MIGRATION; SECTION III: PHAGOCYTOSIS: SIGNALING, CYTOSKELETON, AND THE PHAGOSOME; SECTION IV: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE INNATE AND ACQUIRED IMMUNE RESPONSE; SECTION V: PATHOGENS OF THE PROFESSIONAL PHAGOCYTE; SECTION VI: MODELS OF HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; Index.

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