Phagocytosis of bacteria and bacterial pathogenicity /
[Book]
edited by Joel D. Ernst and Olle Stendahl.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
ix, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
illustrations (some color) ;
24 cm.
Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ;
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Olle Stendahl -- Phagocytosis: receptors and biology / Wouter L.W. Hazenbos and Eric J. Brown -- Receptor-initiated signal transduction during phagocytosis / Kassidy K. Huynh and Sergio Grinstein -- Life, death, and inflammation: manipulation of phagocyte function by Helicobacter pylori / Lee-Ann H. Allen -- Phagocytosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae / Dominic L. Jack, David H. Dockrell, Stephen B. Gordon, and Robert C. Read -- Yersinia inhibiton of phagocytosis / Maria Fallman and Anna Gustavsson -- Listeria invasion and spread in non-professional phagocytes / Frederick S. Southwick -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis: mechanisms of phagocytosis and intracellular survival / Joel D. Ernst and Andrea Wolf.
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"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." "Together, the contributions in this book provide an outstanding review of current knowledge regarding the mechanisms of phagocytosis and how specific pathogenic bacteria avoid or exploit these mechanisms."--Jacket.