Molecular Mechanisms of Phagocytosis

Although, Phagocytosis was first described nearly 120 year ago, we are just recently beginning to understand the molecules that phagocytic cells use to bring about this complex cell function. Molecular Mechanisms of Phagocytosis was prepared as a series of up-to-date essays (chapters) that describe the present knowledge on the various steps of the phagocytic process from initial cell contact, through internalization of the foreign particle, to the final phagosome formation where the phagocytosed particle is destroyed.

List of contents

Diversity in Phagocytic Signaling.- Phagocytosis and Immunity.- Fc Receptor Phagocytosis.- Complement Receptors, Adhesion, and Phagocytosis.- Adding Complexity to Phagocytic Signaling: Phagocytosis-Associated Cell Responses and Phagocytic Efficiency.- Small GTP Binding Proteins and the Control of Phagocytic Uptake.- Regulation of Phagocytosis by Fc?RIIb and Phosphatases.- Phospholipases and Phagocytosis.- Calcium Signaling during Phagocytosis.- Phagosome Maturation.

Summary

Although, Phagocytosis was first described nearly 120 year ago, we are just recently beginning to understand the molecules that phagocytic cells use to bring about this complex cell function. Molecular Mechanisms of Phagocytosis was prepared as a series of up-to-date essays (chapters) that describe the present knowledge on the various steps of the phagocytic process from initial cell contact, through internalization of the foreign particle, to the final phagosome formation where the phagocytosed particle is destroyed.

Product details

• Assisted by: Carlo Rosales (Editor), Carlos Rosales (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781489997630
• ISBN: 978-1-4899-9763-0
• No. of pages: 154
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 227 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 254 g
• Illustrations: XI, 154 p.
• Series: Medical Intelligence Unit; Medical Intelligence Unit
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology; B, Immunology, Microbiology (non-medical), Life Sciences, biochemistry, microbiology, Oncology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cancer Research, Biochemistry, general, Biomedical Research, Cell Biology, Calcium;Immunity;molecular mechanisms;protein;regulation