Immunity Against Mucosal Pathogens

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Vajdy, Michael (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Science.; Immunology.; Infectious diseases.; Microbiology.; Biomedicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Biomedicine general.; Science, general.

Surprisingly what separates us from the open environment all around us sometimes is a single layer of epithelial cells. It is at these seemingly fragile sites that most pathogens, including HIV, influenza, emerging and biodefense agents, gain access to our inside milieu. While there are major simila...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Structure and Cells of Mucosal Tissues
• The Intestinal Epithelium: The Interface Between Host and Pathogen
• Structure of the Respiratory and Female Genitourinary Tracts
• Immunology of Mucosal Tissues
• The Mucosal B-Cell System
• Bridging Mucosal Innate Immunity to the Adaptive Immune System
• Intestinal Bacteria: Mucosal Tissue Development and Gut Homeostasis
• Gastrointestinal Pathogens
• Mucosal Immune Responses Against Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli [ETEC] in Humans
• Cholera Immunity and Cholera Vaccination
• Helicobacter pylori Pathogenesis and Vaccines
• Immunology of Norovirus Infection
• Intestinal and Systemic Immunity to Rotavirus in Animal Models and Humans
• Respiratory Pathogens
• Mucosal Control of Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections
• Neisseria meningitidis
• Mucosal Immunity Against Anthrax
• Structure, Immunopathogenesis and Vaccines Against SARS Coronavirus
• Influenza Virus Pathogenesis and Vaccines
• Genital Pathogens
• Immunity Against Chlamydia trachomatis
• HIV and the Mucosa: No Safe Haven
• Mucosal Vaccination Against HIV-1
• Mucosal Vaccine Approaches
• Formulations and Delivery Systems for Mucosal Vaccines.