Neutrophils in infectious diseases [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier and Ger van Zandbergen

• Pubblicazione: [Oak Park, Ill.?], : Bentham eBooks, [2011]
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (89 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.079
• Soggetto topico: Neutrophils; Neutrophils - Immunology; Communicable diseases
• Altri autori: Tacchini-CottierFabienne ZandbergenGer van
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 01 Title.pdf; 02 Cover page; 03 eBooks End User License Agreement-Website; 04 Content; 05 Foreword; 06 Preface; 07 Contributors; 09 Part; 10 Chapter 01; 11 Chapter 02; 12 Part A; 13 Chapter 03; 14 Chapter 04; 15 Chapter 05; 16 Part B; 17 Chapter 06; 18 Chapter 07; 19 Chapter 08; 20 Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Host defense to intracellular pathogens depends upon both innate and adaptive cell-mediated immune responses. Polymorphonuclear neutrophil leukocytes which belong to the innate immune system are the first cells that are recruited massively within hours of microbial infection. The importance of neutrophils in the development of an immune response is only emerging as they have long been considered by immunologists as short lived, non-dividing cells, of poor interest. Now, neutrophils are emerging as key components of the inflammatory response, and are shown to have immunoregulatory roles in micr
• Titolo autorizzato: Neutrophils in infectious diseases
• ISBN: 1-60805-023-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808994403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II