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Informationen zum Autor Joel D. Ernst is the Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Medicine and Microbiology at the New York University School of Medicine. Olle Stendahl is Professor of Medical Microbiology at Linkoping University! Sweden. Klappentext This book provides up-to-date information on the crucial interaction of pathogenic bacteria and professional phagocytes, the host cells whose purpose is to ingest, kill, and digest bacteria in defense against infection. The introductory chapters focus on the receptors used by professional phagocytes to recognize and phagocytose bacteria, and the signal transduction events that are essential for phagocytosis of bacteria. Subsequent chapters discuss specific bacterial pathogens and the strategies they use in confronting professional phagocytes. This outstanding overview of current knowledge will be invaluable to graduate students and researchers. Zusammenfassung An overview of current knowledge regarding the mechanisms of phagocytosis and how specific pathogenic bacteria avoid or exploit these mechanisms. The receptors and signal transduction events involved are discussed! followed by examples of specific bacterial pathogens and the strategies they use in confronting professional phagocytes. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Olle Stendahl; 2. Phagocytosis: receptors and biology Wouter L. W. Hazenbos and Eric J. Brown; 3. Receptor-initiated signal transduction during phagocytosis Kassidy K. Huynh and Sergio Grinstein; 4. Life, death, and inflammation: manipulation of phagocyte function by Helicobacter pylori Lee-Ann H. Allen; 5. Phagocytosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae Dominic L. Jack, David H. Dockrell, Stephen B. Gordon and Robert C. Read; 6. Yersinia inhibition of phagocytosis Maria Fällman and Anna Gustavsson; 7. Listeria invasion and spread in nonprofessional phagocytes Frederick S. Southwick; 8. Mycobacterium tuberculosis: mechanisms of phagocytosis and intracellular survival Joel D. Ernst and Andrea Wolf....
