Epigenetics of Infectious Diseases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Doerfler, Walter (Editor), Casadesús, Josep (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Epigenetics and Human Health,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Human genetics.; Medical microbiology.; Parasitology.; Virology.; Biomedicine.; Human Genetics.; Cancer Research.; Medical Microbiology.

The present volume of Epigenetics and Human Health is devoted to the patho-epigenetics of viral and microbial infections, an exiting new field of disease-related epigenetic research. As recognized during the past years, epigenetic reprogramming of pathogen and host genome functions – the latter freq...

Table of Contents:

• DNA Methylation of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Genomes During Infection and Cancer Progression
• Epigenetic regulation of gammaherpesviruses: A focus on Kaposi’s Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8)
• Discoveries in molecular genetics with the Adenovirus 12 system: Integration of viral DNA and epigenetic consequences
• Epigenetic consequences of Epstein-Barr virus infection
• Epigenetic Programming by Microbial Pathogens and Impacts on Acute and Chronic Disease
• Crosstalk between bacteria and the host epigenetic machinery
• Epigenetic phase variation in bacterial pathogens
• Epigenetic switching in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans
• Modification of the host epigenome by parasitic protists
• Epigenetic regulation in T. brucei: Changing coats is a chance to survive
• Epigenetics of malaria parasites.