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Title Mucosal immunology of acute bacterial pneumonia / Alice Prince, editor
Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2013

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Contents Alveolar Macrophages / David H. Dockrell, Paul J. Collini -- Lung Dendritic Cells and Pulmonary Defence Mechanisms to Bacteria / Bart N. Lambrecht, Katrijn Neyt -- CD4 T-Cell Immunity in the Lung / Jay K. Kolls -- Neutrophils in Acute Bacterial Pneumonia / John C. Gomez, Qin Wang, Claire M. Doerschuk -- Toll-Like Receptors in the Airway Epithelium / Shawn J. Skerrett -- Type I Interferon Responses to Airway Pathogens / Dane Parker -- Transcriptional Signaling Hubs in Epithelial Cells During Pneumonia / Lee J. Quinton, Joseph P. Mizgerd -- Innate Immune Responses in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia / Megan N. Ballinger, Theodore J. Standiford -- Streptococcus pneumoniae: The Prototype of Lung Responses in Pneumonia / Jessica Humann, Kim LeMessurier -- Staphylococcus aureus Infection in the Respiratory Tract / Alice Prince -- Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Mucosal Defenses in the Lung / Taylor S. Cohen
Summary In contrast to the substantial literature that focuses upon innate immune signaling in the gut, there is remarkably less known about the response of the airway to bacterial pathogens. The purpose of this book will be to review the current status of theunderstanding of the pathogenesis of acute bacterial pneumonia, slanted toward the mucosal immunology of these infections. It will describe, in general, the signaling cascades that control the proinflammatory response to bacterial infection in the lung. How innate immune signaling is orchestrated in response to specific common airway pathogens is addressed, targeting Staphylococus aureus (including MRSA), Streptococcus pneumoniae and Klebsiella pneumoniae. By describing the general immunological responses to conserved bacterial components and then detailing how specific organisms cause infection, this book provides a targeted but comprehensive review of this important topic
Analysis Medicine
Immunology
Microbiology
Emerging infectious diseases
Biomedicine
Medical Microbiology
Infectious Diseases
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
In Springer eBooks
Subject Pneumonia -- Immunological aspects
Pneumonia.
Bacterial diseases.
Respiratory infections.
Lungs -- Diseases.
Diseases.
Respiratory organs -- Diseases.
Pneumonia -- immunology
Pneumonia
Bacterial Infections
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Respiratory Tract Infections
Lung Diseases
Disease
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Pneumonia, Bacterial
MEDICAL -- Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine.
Emerging infectious diseases
Immunology
Microbiology
Form Electronic book
Author Prince, Alice
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