Host-Pathogen Interactions

From the reviews: "This book provides an overview of laboratory methods used to evaluate the influence of microbial pathogens on host cells. ... This book is written specifically for scientists interested in using new technologies to study host cell reactions to infectious agents. ... This is a good, solid techniques book that would be useful to scientific laboratories studying a variety of infectious agents." (Rebecca T. Horvat, Doody's Review Service, February, 2009) "This book is an excellent collection of protocols for use in the study of host-microbe interaction. The protocols are detailed and accurate. Obviously this is not a book to sit down and read, but one to be used as a source of information for conducting experimental work. ... The book will be of use to PhD students and postdoctoral scientists working on host-pathogen interactions. Probably each laboratory working in this area would have a copy rather than each individual." (Tim Mitchell, Microbiology Today, July, 2009)

• Bacterial Pathogens.- Introduction: Bacterial Pathogens.- Transcriptome Analyses in the Interaction of Neisseria meningitidis with Mammalian Host Cells.- Surface-Exposed Adherence Molecules of Streptococcus pneumoniae.- Screening of Virulence Traits in Legionella pneumophila and Analysis of the Host Susceptibility to Infection by Using the Dictyostelium Host Model System.- Characterizing Host Receptor Recognition by Individual Bacterial Pathogens.- Fungal Pathogens.- Introduction: Fungal Pathogens.- Isolation and Purification of Antigenic Components of Cryptococcus.- A Method for Examining Glycans Surface Expression of Yeasts by Flow Cytometry.- Human Epithelial Model Systems for the Study of Candida Infections In Vitro: Part I. Adhesion to Epithelial Models.- Human Epithelial Model Systems for the Study of Candida infections In Vitro: Part II. Histologic Methods for Studying Fungal Invasion.- In Vitro Systems for Studying the Interaction of Fungal Pathogens with Primary Cells from the Mammalian Innate Immune System.- Experimental Infection of Rodent Mammals for Fungal Virulence Testing.- Real-Time and Semiquantitative RT-PCR Methods to Analyze Gene Expression Patterns During Aspergillus-Host Interactions.- Antibody-Based Strategy to Identify Candida albicans Genes Expressed During Infections.- Identification of the Candida albicans Immunome During Systemic Infection by Mass Spectrometry.- Parasites.- Introduction: Parasites.- Axenic In Vitro Cultivation of Echinococcus multilocularis Metacestode Vesicles and the Generationof Primary Cell Cultures.- Culture of Exoerythrocytic Stages of the Malaria Parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax.- Modulation of Caspase Activation by Toxoplasma gondii.- Host Responses.- Introduction: Host Responses.- Fungal and Bacterial Killing by Neutrophils.- Endothelial Cell Stimulation by Candida albicans.- Models of Oral and Vaginal Candidiasis Based on In Vitro Reconstituted Human Epithelia for the Study of Host-Pathogen Interactions.- Phagocytosis of Candida albicans by RNAi-Treated Drosophila S2 Cells.- Oral Mucosal Cell Response to Candida albicans in Transgenic Mice Expressing HIV-1.- Proteomic Profiling of Serologic Response to Candida albicans During Host-Commensal and Host-Pathogen Interactions.