Protozoans in macrophages
By: [edited by] Eric Y. Denkers, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli.
Contributors: Denkers, Eric Y.; Gazzinelli, Ricardo T.
Series: Medical intelligence unit; Medical intelligence unit (Unnumbered : 2003)
Publisher: Landes Bioscience
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781587061509
Subjects: Protozoa, Pathogenic; Macrophages; Macrophages -- parasitology; Protozoa -- pathogenicity; Immune System -- physiopathology; Protozoan Infections -- immunology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Invasion and intracellular survival by Toxoplasma / L. David Sibley ... [et al.]; title: Macrophages, alternative niches for intracellular growth of Trypanosoma cruzi / Julio Scharfstein and Marcos Andre Vannier dos Santos; title: Macrophage-leishmania interactions : complexities and uncertainties from the study of leishmaniasis in vivo / Paul M. Kaye; title: Innate recognition, cell signaling and pro-inflammatory response during infection with Trypanosoma cruzi / Catherine Ropert and Ricardo T. Gazzinelli; title: Modulation of positive signaling and proinflammatory responses by hemozoin, a plasmodium metabolic waste / Martin Olivier and Maritza Jaramillo; title: Pro-inflammatory responses and cell signaling during malaria infection : the parasite glycosylphosphatidylinositol ligand / D. Channe Gowda; title: Pro-inflammatory responses in macrophages during Toxoplasma gondii infection / Katherine S. Masek and Christopher A. Hunter; title: Down-modulation of proinflammatory signal transduction in Toxoplasma gondii-infected macrophages / Barbara A. Butcher ... [et al.]; title: Avoidance of innate immune mechanisms by the protozoan parasite, Leishmania spp / David M. Mosser and Suzanne A. Miles; title: Survival strategies of Toxoplasma gondii : interference with regulatory and effector functions of macrophages / Carsten G.K. Luder; title: Targeting SHP-1 to prevent macrophage activation promotes leishmania pathogenesis / Devki Nandan and Neil E. Reiner; title: Negative signaling and modulation of macrophage function in Trypanosoma cruzi infection / Flavia L. Ribeiro-Gomes, Marcela F. Lopes and George A. DosReis; title: Effector functions of macrophages in plasmodium parasite infections / Mariela Segura ... [et al.]; title: Innate control of Toxoplasma gondii through macrophage-based effector mechanisms / Gregory A. Taylor; title: Phagocyte effector functions against leishmania parasites / Christian Bogdan; title: Effector mechanisms of macrophages infected with Trypanosoma cruzi / Fredy R.S. Gutierrez.