Table of Contents

1. Introduction Olle Stendahl; 2. Phagocytosis: receptors and biology Wouter L. W. Hazenbos and Eric J. Brown; 3. Receptor-initiated signal transduction during phagocytosis Kassidy K. Huynh and Sergio Grinstein; 4. Life, death, and inflammation: manipulation of phagocyte function by Helicobacter pylori Lee-Ann H. Allen; 5. Phagocytosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae Dominic L. Jack, David H. Dockrell, Stephen B. Gordon and Robert C. Read; 6. Yersinia inhibition of phagocytosis Maria Fällman and Anna Gustavsson; 7. Listeria invasion and spread in nonprofessional phagocytes Frederick S. Southwick; 8. Mycobacterium tuberculosis: mechanisms of phagocytosis and intracellular survival Joel D. Ernst and Andrea Wolf.

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Research overview of the mechanisms of phagocytosis and how pathogenic bacteria avoid or exploit them.

About the Author

Joel D. Ernst is the Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Medicine and Microbiology at the New York University School of Medicine. Olle Stendahl is Professor of Medical Microbiology at Link g University, Sweden.

Reviews

"Phagocytosis of Bacteria and Bacterial Pathogenicity gives a concise and coherent view of the molecular complexity and beautiful diversity of the phagocytic process of pathogenic bacteria. This book will be a useful reference for students and professionals of immunology, inflammation, infections diseases, and microbiology." Andres Vazquez-Torres, Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Medicine at Fitzsimons, Aurora, Colorado