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HIV-1 Latency
Av Guido Silvestri, Mathias Lichterfeld
Inbunden, 2018
1576 kr
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This volume summarizes recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of HIV-1 latency, in characterizing residual viral reservoirs, and in developing targeted interventions to reduce HIV-1 persistence during antiretroviral therapy. Specific chapters address the molecular mechanisms that govern …
Agrobacterium Biology
From Basic Science to Biotechnology
Inbunden, 2018
2249 kr
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This volume reviews various facets of Agrobacterium biology, from modern aspects of taxonomy and bacterial ecology to pathogenesis, bacterial cell biology, plant and fungal transformation, natural transgenics, and biotechnology. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is the most extensively utilized …
Roles of Host Gene and Non-coding RNA Expression in Virus Infection
Av Ralph A. Tripp, S. Mark Tompkins
Inbunden, 2019
1800 kr
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This volume discusses the interactions between viruses and their host cells, and explores the roles of host and viral genes and non-coding RNAs in the virus replication cycle. During infection, viruses express a variety of genes, encoding proteins and RNAs that serve to subjugate the cell – by …
Spirochete Biology: The Post Genomic Era
Av Ben Adler
Häftad, 2019
1576 kr
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Spirochetes comprise a fascinating group of bacteria. Although diverse in terms of their habitat, ecology and infectivity for vertebrate and non-vertebrate hosts, they are often considered together because of their similar cellular morphologies. This volume brings together an international group of …
Coordinating Organismal Physiology Through the Unfolded Protein Response
Av R. Luke Wiseman, Cole M. Haynes
Häftad, 2018
1128 kr
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This volume reviews the current research focused on the functional importance of unfolded protein response (UPR) signaling in the context of health and disease. The chapters present cutting-edge work describing the diverse functions of UPR signaling critical for regulating cellular and organismal …
Biology of Chlamydia
Av Georg Häcker
Häftad, 2019
1352 kr
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The genus Chlamydia encompasses a number of species of obligate intracellular bacteria, including important human pathogens like the most common bacterial agent of sexually transmitted disease. This volume reviews current knowledge of chlamydial biology, covering the unusual structure of the …
Activity-Based Protein Profiling
Av Benjamin F. Cravatt, Ku-Lung Hsu m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1576 kr
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This volume provides a collection of contemporary perspectives on using activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) for biological discoveries in protein science, microbiology, and immunology. A common theme throughout is the special utility of ABPP to interrogate protein function and small-molecule …
HIV-1 Latency
Av Guido Silvestri, Mathias Lichterfeld
Häftad, 2019
1128 kr
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This volume summarizes recent advances in understanding the mechanisms of HIV-1 latency, in characterizing residual viral reservoirs, and in developing targeted interventions to reduce HIV-1 persistence during antiretroviral therapy. Specific chapters address the molecular mechanisms that govern …
Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation: Induction, Resolution and Escape by Helicobacter pylori
Inbunden, 2019
1912 kr
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This book focuses on immune reactions and interactions of humans with Helicobacter pylori - a human pathogen connected to gastritis, peptic ulcers and even gastric cancer. With nearly half of the world’s population colonized, it has been characterized as one of the most successful pathogens for …
Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation: Induction, Resolution and Escape by Helicobacter pylori
Häftad, 2020
1912 kr
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This book focuses on immune reactions and interactions of humans with Helicobacter pylori - a human pathogen connected to gastritis, peptic ulcers and even gastric cancer. With nearly half of the world’s population colonized, it has been characterized as one of the most successful pathogens for …
Fungal Physiology and Immunopathogenesis
Inbunden, 2019
1576 kr
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This volume offers an overview of the various aspects involved in the ability of fungi to damage host cells, and discusses cutting-edge approaches to the study of fungal pathogenesis. The first chapter illustrate the key roles of glycans and pigments, the most abundant surface components in fungal …
Fungal Physiology and Immunopathogenesis
Häftad, 2020
1576 kr
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This volume offers an overview of the various aspects involved in the ability of fungi to damage host cells, and discusses cutting-edge approaches to the study of fungal pathogenesis. The first chapter illustrate the key roles of glycans and pigments, the most abundant surface components in fungal …
Fc Mediated Activity of Antibodies
Structural and Functional Diversity
Av Jeffrey V. Ravetch, Falk Nimmerjahn
Inbunden, 2019
1352 kr
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This volume explores several aspects of how antibodies mediate their activity in vivo, ranging from cancer immunotherapy to autoimmunity, infection, and vaccination. Divided into seven chapters, it provides in-depth insights into how antibodies and especially the antibody fragment crystallizable …
Fc Mediated Activity of Antibodies
Structural and Functional Diversity
Av Jeffrey V. Ravetch, Falk Nimmerjahn
Häftad, 2020
960 kr
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This volume explores several aspects of how antibodies mediate their activity in vivo, ranging from cancer immunotherapy to autoimmunity, infection, and vaccination. Divided into seven chapters, it provides in-depth insights into how antibodies and especially the antibody fragment crystallizable …
Global Catastrophic Biological Risks
Av Thomas V. Inglesby, Amesh A. Adalja
Inbunden, 2019
1912 kr
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This volume focuses on Global Catastrophic Biological Risks (GCBRs), a special class of infectious disease outbreaks or pandemics in which the combined capacity of the world’s private and government resources becomes severely strained. These events, of which the 1918 influenza pandemic is …
Global Catastrophic Biological Risks
Av Thomas V. Inglesby, Amesh A. Adalja
Häftad, 2020
1912 kr
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This volume focuses on Global Catastrophic Biological Risks (GCBRs), a special class of infectious disease outbreaks or pandemics in which the combined capacity of the world’s private and government resources becomes severely strained. These events, of which the 1918 influenza pandemic is …
Fungal Cell Wall
An Armour and a Weapon for Human Fungal Pathogens
Inbunden, 2020
2249 kr
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This book illustrates, that the fungal cell wall is critical for the biology and ecology of all fungi and especially for human fungal pathogens. Readers will learn, that the composition of the fungal cell wall is a unique structure, which cannot be found in the human host. Consequently, the …
Fungal Cell Wall
An Armour and a Weapon for Human Fungal Pathogens
Häftad, 2021
2249 kr
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This book illustrates, that the fungal cell wall is critical for the biology and ecology of all fungi and especially for human fungal pathogens. Readers will learn, that the composition of the fungal cell wall is a unique structure, which cannot be found in the human host. Consequently, the …
Inducible Lymphoid Organs
Av Kenji Kabashima, Gyohei Egawa
Inbunden, 2020
1800 kr
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This book sheds new light on “inducible” lymphoid organs (ILOs): antigen presentation sites that are generated de novo in peripheral tissues under various pathogenic conditions. Accomplished immunologists demonstrate that the physiological role of these ILOs is completely different from that of …
Inducible Lymphoid Organs
Av Kenji Kabashima, Gyohei Egawa
Häftad, 2021
1800 kr
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This book sheds new light on “inducible” lymphoid organs (ILOs): antigen presentation sites that are generated de novo in peripheral tissues under various pathogenic conditions. Accomplished immunologists demonstrate that the physiological role of these ILOs is completely different from that of …
Bacterial Type III Protein Secretion Systems
Av Samuel Wagner, Jorge E. Galan
Inbunden, 2020
1464 kr
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One of the most exciting developments in the field of bacterial pathogenesis in recent years is the discovery that many pathogens utilize complex nanomachines to deliver bacterially encoded effector proteins into eukaryotic and prokaryotic target cells to modulate a variety of cellular functions …
Bacterial Type III Protein Secretion Systems
Av Samuel Wagner, Jorge E. Galan
Häftad, 2021
1464 kr
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One of the most exciting developments in the field of bacterial pathogenesis in recent years is the discovery that many pathogens utilize complex nanomachines to deliver bacterially encoded effector proteins into eukaryotic and prokaryotic target cells to modulate a variety of cellular functions …
Vaccination Strategies Against Highly Variable Pathogens
Av Lars Hangartner, Dennis R. Burton
Inbunden, 2020
1464 kr
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Vaccines against antigenically stable pathogens, or pathogens that only exist in a limited number of serotypes, have been very successful in the past and have drastically decreased the incidence and lethality of many diseases. However, when it comes to highly variable pathogens or viruses that …
Vaccination Strategies Against Highly Variable Pathogens
Av Lars Hangartner, Dennis R. Burton
Häftad, 2021
1464 kr
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Vaccines against antigenically stable pathogens, or pathogens that only exist in a limited number of serotypes, have been very successful in the past and have drastically decreased the incidence and lethality of many diseases. However, when it comes to highly variable pathogens or viruses that …
C-Type Lectins in Immune Homeostasis
Av Sho Yamasaki
Inbunden, 2020
1912 kr
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This book focuses on C-type lectin receptors, a newly emerging family of pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) and a crucial part of the human innate immune system. Above all, the authors highlight these receptors’ role in the recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and …
C-Type Lectins in Immune Homeostasis
Av Sho Yamasaki
Häftad, 2021
1912 kr
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This book focuses on C-type lectin receptors, a newly emerging family of pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) and a crucial part of the human innate immune system. Above all, the authors highlight these receptors’ role in the recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and …
Three Dimensional Human Organotypic Models for Biomedical Research
Av Fabio Bagnoli, Rino Rappuoli
Inbunden, 2021
1576 kr
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This edited volume discusses the application of very diverse human organotypic models in major areas of biomedical research. The authors lay a main focus on infectious diseases, cancer, allergies, as well as drug/vaccine discovery and toxicology studies. Representing a valid alternative to …
Three Dimensional Human Organotypic Models for Biomedical Research
Av Fabio Bagnoli, Rino Rappuoli
Häftad, 2022
1576 kr
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This edited volume discusses the application of very diverse human organotypic models in major areas of biomedical research. The authors lay a main focus on infectious diseases, cancer, allergies, as well as drug/vaccine discovery and toxicology studies. Representing a valid alternative to …
Fighting Campylobacter Infections
Towards a One Health Approach
Inbunden, 2021
1576 kr
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This edited volume explores Campylobacter species, which are some of the most important foodborne pathogens. Above all, contaminated poultry meat can cause human gastroenteritis in both developed and developing countries. The respective contributions reveal how these infections can also increase …
Fighting Campylobacter Infections
Towards a One Health Approach
Häftad, 2022
1576 kr
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This edited volume explores Campylobacter species, which are some of the most important foodborne pathogens. Above all, contaminated poultry meat can cause human gastroenteritis in both developed and developing countries. The respective contributions reveal how these infections can also increase …
