Immunity against mucosal pathogens / Michael Vajdy, editor.
"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 most pathogens, including HIV, influenza, emerging and biodefense agents, gain access to our inside milieu. While there are major...
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Table of Contents:
- Structure and Cells of Mucosal Tissues:
- The Intestinal Epithelium: The Interface Between Host and Pathogen / Nicholas J. Mantis, Lynn Bry
- Structure of the Respiratory and Female Genitourinary Tracts / Michael Vajdy
- Immunology of Mucosal Tissues:
- The Mucosal B-Cell System / Per Brandtzaeg, Finn-Eirik Johansen
- Bridging Mucosal Innate Immunity to the Adaptive Immune System / Rajesh Singh, James W. Lillard
- Intestinal Bacteria: Mucosal Tissue Development and Gut Homeostasis / Dennis K. Lanning, Kari M. Severson, Katherine L. Knight
- Gastrointestinal Pathogens:
- Mucosal Immune Responses Against Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli [ETEC] in Humans / Ann-Mari Svennerholm, Firdausi Qadri
- Cholera Immunity and Cholera Vaccination / Jan Holmgren, John D. Clemens
- Helicobacter pylori Pathogenesis and Vaccines / Paolo Ruggiero
- Immunology of Norovirus Infection / Juan S. Leon, Menira Souza, Qiuhong Wang, Emily R. Smith, Linda J. Saif, Christine L. Moe
- Intestinal and Systemic Immunity to Rotavirus in Animal Models and Humans / Ana María González, Marli S.P. Azevedo, Linda J. Saif
- Respiratory Pathogens:
- Mucosal Control of Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections / Jacinta E. Cooper, Edward N. Janoff
- Neisseria meningitidis / Barbara Baudner, Rino Rappuoli
- Mucosal Immunity Against Anthrax / Prosper N. Boyaka, Alexandra Duverger, Estelle Cormet-Boyaka, Jean-Nicolas Tournier
- Structure, Immunopathogenesis and Vaccines Against SARS Coronavirus / Indresh K. Srivastava, Elaine Kan, Isha N. Srivastava, Jimna Cisto, Zohar Biron
- Influenza Virus Pathogenesis and Vaccines / Michael Vajdy
- Immunity Against Chlamydia trachomatis / Ellen Marks, Nils Lycke
- HIV and the Mucosa: No Safe Haven / Satya Dandekar, Sumathi Sankaran, Tiffany Glavan
- Mucosal Vaccination Against HIV-1 / Tom Evans
- Mucosal Vaccine Approaches:
- Formulations and Delivery Systems for Mucosal Vaccines / Padma Malyala, Manmohan Singh.