Parasitic nematodes : molecular biology, biochemistry and immunology / / edited by Malcolm W. Kennedy and William Harnett |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (446 p.) |
Disciplina | 592.57 |
Soggetto topico | Nematodes |
ISBN |
1-78924-429-3
1-84593-776-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""Access to Colour Illustrations""; ""Cover Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgement""; ""PART I: EVOLUTION OF PARASITISM AND LIFE HISTORY ADAPTATIONS""; ""1. The Genome of Pristionchus pacificus and the Evolution of Parasitism""; ""Introduction""; ""Theoretical Considerations""; ""Life-history Adaptations""; ""P. pacificus as a Case Study""; ""Adaptations I: Genome Evolution""; ""Adaptations II: Nematode�Insect Interactions""; ""Adaptations III: Evolution of Dauer Formation""; ""Adaptations IV: Regulation of Mouth-form Dimorphism""
""Concluding Remarks""""References""; ""2. Life-history Plasticity and Responses to Host Defence""; ""General Principles""; ""Phenotypic Plasticity: Some Conceptual Issues""; ""Helminth Life-history Trait Variation""; ""Helminth Life-history Trait Plasticity""; ""Analogies with Life-history Traits of Free-living Nematodes""; ""Helminth Life-history Trait Plasticity: Inside Hosts""; ""Evolution of Helminth Life-history Traits""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""3. The Complex Armoury of Plant-parasitic Nematodes""; ""Introduction"" ""An Exposition of Our Protagonists, and an Introduction to Some Terminology""""The Molecular Basis for Parasitism by PPN""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""4. Innate Immunity in Caenorhabditis elegans and Other Nematodes""; ""Introduction""; ""The life Cycle and Natural Habitat of Six Nematode Species""; ""Immune Response in C. elegans""; ""Comparative Analysis of Nematode Innate Immune Systems""; ""Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Note Added in Proof""; ""References""; ""PART II: MODULATION OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE: BENEFITS FOR PARASITE AND HOST"" ""5. Nematodes and Regulatory T cells""""Introduction""; ""Regulatory T Cells""; ""Role of Regulatory T Cells in Mouse Models of Filarial Infection""; ""Regulatory T cells in Intestinal Nematode Infections: The Case of Heligmosomoides polygyrus""; ""Tregs in Other Mouse Intestinal Nematodes""; ""Role of Tr1 and IL-10 in Nematode Infections""; ""Natural (Thymic) or Adaptive (Induced) Tregs?""; ""Evidence of Regulatory T Cells in Human Filarial Nematode Infection""; ""Tregs in Human Intestinal Nematode Infections""; ""Role of Regulatory IL-10 in Human Infections"" ""Induction of Regulatory T Cells""""Regulatory T Cell Therapy: The Future?""; ""Acknowledgement""; ""References""; ""6. The Alternatively Activated Macrophage""; ""Introduction""; ""Macrophages in Nematode Infection""; ""Macrophages, Th2 Immunity and Metabolism""; ""Macrophages as Effector Cells""; ""Macrophages, Tissue Repair and Homeostasis""; ""Summary""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""7. Regulation of Immunity and Inflammation Following Intestinal Helminth Infection""; ""Introduction""; ""Gastrointestinal Nematodes"" ""Innate Immunity to Nematodes: New Mechanisms and Novel Cell Types"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910284953303321 |
Oxfordshire, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2013 | ||
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Parasitic nematodes [[electronic resource] ] : molecular biology, biochemistry, and immunology / / edited by M.W. Kennedy and W. Harnett |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : CABI Pub., c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (510 p.) |
Disciplina | 592.57 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KennedyM. W (Malcolm W.)
HarnettW (William) |
Soggetto topico |
Nematodes
Parasites |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-81179-X
9786610811793 0-85199-785-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; Preface; Access to Colour Illustrations; 1 Molecular Analysis of Nematode Evolution; 2 The Wolbachia Endosymbionts of Filarial Nematodes; 3 Forward Genetic Analysis of Plant-parasitic Nematode-Host Interactions; 4 Identification of Parasitic Nematodes and Study of Genetic Variability Using PCR Approaches; 5 Diversity in Populations of Parasitic Nematodes and its Significance; 6 New Insights into the Intestinal Niche of Trichinella spiralis; 7 Genetic Reprogramming of Mammalian Skeletal Muscle Cells by Trichinella spiralis; 8 Plant-parasitic Nematodes
9 The Nematode Cuticle: Synthesis, Modification and Mutants10 Chitinases of Filarial Nematodes; 11 Acetylcholinesterase Secretion by Nematodes; 12 The Surface and Secreted Antigens of Toxocara canis: Genes, Protein Structure and Function; 13 Nematode Gut Peptidases, Proteins and Vaccination; 14 Metabolic Transitions and the Role of the Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex During Development of Ascaris suum; 15 Novel Carbohydrate Structures; 16 Structurally Novel Lipid-binding Proteins 17 T Helper Cell Cytokine Responses During Intestinal Nematode Infection: Induction, Regulation and Effector Function18 Gut Immunopathology in Helminth Infections - Paradigm Lost?; 19 Immunomodulation by Filarial Nematode Phosphorylcholinecontaining Glycoproteins; 20 Nematode Neuropeptides; 21 Neurobiology of Nematode Muscle: Ligand-gated Ion-channels and Anti-parasitic Drugs; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455362303321 |
New York, : CABI Pub., c2001 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Parasitic nematodes [[electronic resource] ] : molecular biology, biochemistry, and immunology / / edited by M.W. Kennedy and W. Harnett |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : CABI Pub., c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (510 p.) |
Disciplina | 592.57 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KennedyM. W (Malcolm W.)
HarnettW (William) |
Soggetto topico |
Nematodes
Parasites |
ISBN |
1-280-81179-X
9786610811793 0-85199-785-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; Preface; Access to Colour Illustrations; 1 Molecular Analysis of Nematode Evolution; 2 The Wolbachia Endosymbionts of Filarial Nematodes; 3 Forward Genetic Analysis of Plant-parasitic Nematode-Host Interactions; 4 Identification of Parasitic Nematodes and Study of Genetic Variability Using PCR Approaches; 5 Diversity in Populations of Parasitic Nematodes and its Significance; 6 New Insights into the Intestinal Niche of Trichinella spiralis; 7 Genetic Reprogramming of Mammalian Skeletal Muscle Cells by Trichinella spiralis; 8 Plant-parasitic Nematodes
9 The Nematode Cuticle: Synthesis, Modification and Mutants10 Chitinases of Filarial Nematodes; 11 Acetylcholinesterase Secretion by Nematodes; 12 The Surface and Secreted Antigens of Toxocara canis: Genes, Protein Structure and Function; 13 Nematode Gut Peptidases, Proteins and Vaccination; 14 Metabolic Transitions and the Role of the Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex During Development of Ascaris suum; 15 Novel Carbohydrate Structures; 16 Structurally Novel Lipid-binding Proteins 17 T Helper Cell Cytokine Responses During Intestinal Nematode Infection: Induction, Regulation and Effector Function18 Gut Immunopathology in Helminth Infections - Paradigm Lost?; 19 Immunomodulation by Filarial Nematode Phosphorylcholinecontaining Glycoproteins; 20 Nematode Neuropeptides; 21 Neurobiology of Nematode Muscle: Ligand-gated Ion-channels and Anti-parasitic Drugs; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780202703321 |
New York, : CABI Pub., c2001 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Parasitic nematodes : molecular biology, biochemistry, and immunology / / edited by M.W. Kennedy and W. Harnett |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : CABI Pub., c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (510 p.) |
Disciplina | 592.57 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KennedyM. W (Malcolm W.)
HarnettW (William) |
Soggetto topico |
Nematodes
Parasites |
ISBN |
1-280-81179-X
9786610811793 0-85199-785-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; Preface; Access to Colour Illustrations; 1 Molecular Analysis of Nematode Evolution; 2 The Wolbachia Endosymbionts of Filarial Nematodes; 3 Forward Genetic Analysis of Plant-parasitic Nematode-Host Interactions; 4 Identification of Parasitic Nematodes and Study of Genetic Variability Using PCR Approaches; 5 Diversity in Populations of Parasitic Nematodes and its Significance; 6 New Insights into the Intestinal Niche of Trichinella spiralis; 7 Genetic Reprogramming of Mammalian Skeletal Muscle Cells by Trichinella spiralis; 8 Plant-parasitic Nematodes
9 The Nematode Cuticle: Synthesis, Modification and Mutants10 Chitinases of Filarial Nematodes; 11 Acetylcholinesterase Secretion by Nematodes; 12 The Surface and Secreted Antigens of Toxocara canis: Genes, Protein Structure and Function; 13 Nematode Gut Peptidases, Proteins and Vaccination; 14 Metabolic Transitions and the Role of the Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex During Development of Ascaris suum; 15 Novel Carbohydrate Structures; 16 Structurally Novel Lipid-binding Proteins 17 T Helper Cell Cytokine Responses During Intestinal Nematode Infection: Induction, Regulation and Effector Function18 Gut Immunopathology in Helminth Infections - Paradigm Lost?; 19 Immunomodulation by Filarial Nematode Phosphorylcholinecontaining Glycoproteins; 20 Nematode Neuropeptides; 21 Neurobiology of Nematode Muscle: Ligand-gated Ion-channels and Anti-parasitic Drugs; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827631303321 |
New York, : CABI Pub., c2001 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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