Cholera Toxins (Chaudhuri et al.)
Vibrio cholerae, the causative organism of the disease Cholera, colonizes the small intestine and produces several different toxins among which the enterotoxin, or more widely known as cholera toxin (CT), happens to be the major virulence determinant that is responsible for the diarrheal syndrome. This book provid...
Microbiology and Aging
Clinical Manifestations The microbiological burden on an aging host is enormous, and clinically significant. As humans are living longer there is a greater propensity to infection. This risk is substantially heightened in elderly individuals who are predisposed to infection. Do the microbiological changes that...
Comparative Hepatitis
series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases Acute and chronic hepatitis and hepatitis-related diseases such as liver failure, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma are among the most important causes for disabilities and death. Hepatocellular injury is due to a variety of agents including ...
Bacterial Biofilms
series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology Throughout the biological world, bacteria thrive predominantly in surface attached, matrix enclosed, multicellular communities or biofilms, as opposed to isolated planktonic cells. This choice of lifestyle is not trivial, as it involves major shifts ...
Encyclopedia of Parasitology
Knowledge in the field of parasitology must be kept at a high level and up to date in order to fight a parasitosis as quickly and effectively as possible.The third edition of this, one of Springer?s renowned and authoritative Major Reference Works, contributes to these goals in several ways.First, the number of en...
Encyclopedia of Parasitology
Knowledge in the field of parasitology must be kept at a high level and up to date in order to fight a parasitosis as quickly and effectively as possible.The third edition of this, one of Springer?s renowned and authoritative Major Reference Works, contributes to these goals in several ways.First, the number of en...
Pseudomonas
Volume 5: A Model System in Biology This volume collects new information on the genomics of saprophytic soil Pseudomonas, as well as functions related to genomic islands. Pseudomonas are ubiquitous inhabitants and this volume explores life styles in different settings and sheds further insights on the wide met...
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Revisited
series: Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases The successful prevention of childhood diseases like diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis has made a major contribution to the improvement of public health, and vaccines and a variety of drugs are amongst the most fruitful applications of 20th-century rese...
Chromatin and Disease
series: Subcellular Biochemistry The packaging of genomic DNA together with core histones, linker histones, and other functional proteins into chromatin play key roles in nuclear processes such as transcription, replication, repair and recombination. Research in the last two decades has unveiled the fac...
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Current Topics in Complement II
series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Complement has long been regarded as a pivotal effector arm of the innate immune response, eliciting...
Regulatory T Cells and Clinical Application
A major process of rediscovery has taken place in the field of Cellular Immunology over the past 12 years?subsets of T lymphocytes exist that are specifically dedica...
Matrix Metalloproteinases in Tissue Remodelling and Inflammation
series: Progress in Inflammation Research Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are proteolytic enzymes believed to be involved in many physiological and patho...
Diagnostic Criteria in Autoimmune Diseases
According to the Autoimmune Diseases Coordinating Committee (ADCC), between 14.7 and 23.5 million people in the USA?up to eight percent of the population?are affecte...
Angiogenesis in Inflammation: Mechanisms and Clinical Correlates
series: Progress in Inflammation Research Angiogenesis is an essential component of inflammation and its resolution. This volume provides up-to-date infor...
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
Definition, Diagnosis, and Management Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PID) are a group of disorders involving defects in one or more components of the immune ...
Immunity Against Mucosal Pathogens
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 m...
Immunology, Phenotype First: How Mutations Have Established New Principles and Pathways in Immunology
series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology This monograph deals with the impact of classical genetics in immunology, providing examples of how ...
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Microbiology