Acanthamoeba : biology and pathogenesis / / edited by Naveed Ahmed Khan, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Norfolk, England : , : Caister Academic Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
Disciplina | 593 |
Soggetto topico | Acanthamoeba |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-908230-51-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Current books of interest; Preface to the First Edition; Preface ; A: Biology and Phylogeny ; A.1 Introduction; A.2 Discovery of Acanthamoeba spp.; A.3 Speciation and genotyping; A.4 Cell biology ; A.5 Nuclear genome ; A.6 Mitochondrial genome ; A.7 The complete Acanthamoeba castellanii genome ; A.8 Motility ; A.9 Molecular basis of motility ; A.10 Acanthamoeba actin; A.11 Acanthamoeba myosin ; B: Life Cycle and Ecological Significance; B.1 Ecology; B.2 Ecosystem; B.3 Life cycle ; B.4 Stress management in cyst-forming pathogenic free-living protists
B.5 Regulators of the life cycle B.6 What stimulates encystation? ; B.7 Feeding; B.8 Metabolism; B.9 Acanthamoeba is a heterotroph (chemo-organotroph); B.10 Hydrogenosomal-type anaerobic ATP generation pathway in Acanthamoeba castellanii; B.11 Isolation of Acanthamoeba from the environmental samples; B.12 Storage ; B.13 Testing viability of trophozoites and cysts; C: Acanthamoeba Infections ; C.1 Acanthamoeba keratitis; C.2 Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba; C.3 Cutaneous acanthamoebiasis; C.4 Multiple sclerosis and Acanthamoeba; D: Pathogenesis D.1 Acanthamoeba keratitis D.2 Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba; D.3 Loss and gain of virulence; D.4 Acanthamoeba: an opportunistic pathogen; D.5 Crossing of the biological barriers ; D.6 Direct virulence factors ; D.7 Contact-dependent mechanisms ; D.8 Contact-independent mechanisms ; D.9 Indirect virulence factors; E: Acanthamoeba and the Immune System; E.1 Non-specific immune system ; E.2 Specific immune system ; E.3 What are the basic types of parasite immune evasion strategies?; E.4 Acanthamoeba and immune response E.5 Effect of immune suppressive component in marijuana, cannabinoid delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol on Acanthamoeba encephalitis E.6 Acanthamoeba and the central nervous system autoimmunity; F: Chemotherapeutic Strategies Against Acanthamoeba Infections ; F.1 Chemotherapeutic agents and Acanthamoeba; F.2 Membrane-acting agents ; F.3 Inhibitors of DNA synthesis and polyamine metabolism ; F.4 RNA synthesis inhibition ; F.5 Protein synthesis inhibition ; F.6 Tricyclic neuroleptic agents (calmodulin inhibition); F.7 Artesunate F.8 Antimicrobial compounds from natural products (in addition to the aforementioned antibiotics) F.9 Drug targets in Acanthamoeba; F.10 Drug resistance in Acanthamoeba; F.11 Disinfectants and Acanthamoeba; F.12 Future prospects for treatment ; G: War of the Microbial Worlds: Who is the Beneficiary in Acanthamoeba Interactions with Other Microbes; G.1 A host for viruses; G.2 A host for yeast; G.3 A host for protists; G.4 Acanthamoeba and bacteria interactions ; G.5 Is Acanthamoeba an evolutionary ancestor of macrophages?; G.6 Acanthamoeba as evolutionary precursor of pathogenicity G.7 Who is the beneficiary in bacteria-Acanthamoeba interactions? |
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Acanthamoeba : biology and pathogenesis / / edited by Naveed Ahmed Khan |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Norfolk, England : , : Caister Academic Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 593 |
Soggetto topico | Acanthamoeba |
ISBN | 1-908230-51-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Current books of interest; Preface to the First Edition; Preface ; A: Biology and Phylogeny ; A.1 Introduction; A.2 Discovery of Acanthamoeba spp.; A.3 Speciation and genotyping; A.4 Cell biology ; A.5 Nuclear genome ; A.6 Mitochondrial genome ; A.7 The complete Acanthamoeba castellanii genome ; A.8 Motility ; A.9 Molecular basis of motility ; A.10 Acanthamoeba actin; A.11 Acanthamoeba myosin ; B: Life Cycle and Ecological Significance; B.1 Ecology; B.2 Ecosystem; B.3 Life cycle ; B.4 Stress management in cyst-forming pathogenic free-living protists
B.5 Regulators of the life cycle B.6 What stimulates encystation? ; B.7 Feeding; B.8 Metabolism; B.9 Acanthamoeba is a heterotroph (chemo-organotroph); B.10 Hydrogenosomal-type anaerobic ATP generation pathway in Acanthamoeba castellanii; B.11 Isolation of Acanthamoeba from the environmental samples; B.12 Storage ; B.13 Testing viability of trophozoites and cysts; C: Acanthamoeba Infections ; C.1 Acanthamoeba keratitis; C.2 Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba; C.3 Cutaneous acanthamoebiasis; C.4 Multiple sclerosis and Acanthamoeba; D: Pathogenesis D.1 Acanthamoeba keratitis D.2 Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba; D.3 Loss and gain of virulence; D.4 Acanthamoeba: an opportunistic pathogen; D.5 Crossing of the biological barriers ; D.6 Direct virulence factors ; D.7 Contact-dependent mechanisms ; D.8 Contact-independent mechanisms ; D.9 Indirect virulence factors; E: Acanthamoeba and the Immune System; E.1 Non-specific immune system ; E.2 Specific immune system ; E.3 What are the basic types of parasite immune evasion strategies?; E.4 Acanthamoeba and immune response E.5 Effect of immune suppressive component in marijuana, cannabinoid delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol on Acanthamoeba encephalitis E.6 Acanthamoeba and the central nervous system autoimmunity; F: Chemotherapeutic Strategies Against Acanthamoeba Infections ; F.1 Chemotherapeutic agents and Acanthamoeba; F.2 Membrane-acting agents ; F.3 Inhibitors of DNA synthesis and polyamine metabolism ; F.4 RNA synthesis inhibition ; F.5 Protein synthesis inhibition ; F.6 Tricyclic neuroleptic agents (calmodulin inhibition); F.7 Artesunate F.8 Antimicrobial compounds from natural products (in addition to the aforementioned antibiotics) F.9 Drug targets in Acanthamoeba; F.10 Drug resistance in Acanthamoeba; F.11 Disinfectants and Acanthamoeba; F.12 Future prospects for treatment ; G: War of the Microbial Worlds: Who is the Beneficiary in Acanthamoeba Interactions with Other Microbes; G.1 A host for viruses; G.2 A host for yeast; G.3 A host for protists; G.4 Acanthamoeba and bacteria interactions ; G.5 Is Acanthamoeba an evolutionary ancestor of macrophages?; G.6 Acanthamoeba as evolutionary precursor of pathogenicity; G.7 Who is the beneficiary in bacteria-Acanthamoeba interactions? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787174003321 |
Norfolk, England : , : Caister Academic Press, , [2015] | ||
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Acanthamoeba : biology and pathogenesis / / edited by Naveed Ahmed Khan |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Norfolk, England : , : Caister Academic Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (346 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Disciplina | 593 |
Soggetto topico | Acanthamoeba |
ISBN | 1-908230-51-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Current books of interest; Preface to the First Edition; Preface ; A: Biology and Phylogeny ; A.1 Introduction; A.2 Discovery of Acanthamoeba spp.; A.3 Speciation and genotyping; A.4 Cell biology ; A.5 Nuclear genome ; A.6 Mitochondrial genome ; A.7 The complete Acanthamoeba castellanii genome ; A.8 Motility ; A.9 Molecular basis of motility ; A.10 Acanthamoeba actin; A.11 Acanthamoeba myosin ; B: Life Cycle and Ecological Significance; B.1 Ecology; B.2 Ecosystem; B.3 Life cycle ; B.4 Stress management in cyst-forming pathogenic free-living protists
B.5 Regulators of the life cycle B.6 What stimulates encystation? ; B.7 Feeding; B.8 Metabolism; B.9 Acanthamoeba is a heterotroph (chemo-organotroph); B.10 Hydrogenosomal-type anaerobic ATP generation pathway in Acanthamoeba castellanii; B.11 Isolation of Acanthamoeba from the environmental samples; B.12 Storage ; B.13 Testing viability of trophozoites and cysts; C: Acanthamoeba Infections ; C.1 Acanthamoeba keratitis; C.2 Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba; C.3 Cutaneous acanthamoebiasis; C.4 Multiple sclerosis and Acanthamoeba; D: Pathogenesis D.1 Acanthamoeba keratitis D.2 Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba; D.3 Loss and gain of virulence; D.4 Acanthamoeba: an opportunistic pathogen; D.5 Crossing of the biological barriers ; D.6 Direct virulence factors ; D.7 Contact-dependent mechanisms ; D.8 Contact-independent mechanisms ; D.9 Indirect virulence factors; E: Acanthamoeba and the Immune System; E.1 Non-specific immune system ; E.2 Specific immune system ; E.3 What are the basic types of parasite immune evasion strategies?; E.4 Acanthamoeba and immune response E.5 Effect of immune suppressive component in marijuana, cannabinoid delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol on Acanthamoeba encephalitis E.6 Acanthamoeba and the central nervous system autoimmunity; F: Chemotherapeutic Strategies Against Acanthamoeba Infections ; F.1 Chemotherapeutic agents and Acanthamoeba; F.2 Membrane-acting agents ; F.3 Inhibitors of DNA synthesis and polyamine metabolism ; F.4 RNA synthesis inhibition ; F.5 Protein synthesis inhibition ; F.6 Tricyclic neuroleptic agents (calmodulin inhibition); F.7 Artesunate F.8 Antimicrobial compounds from natural products (in addition to the aforementioned antibiotics) F.9 Drug targets in Acanthamoeba; F.10 Drug resistance in Acanthamoeba; F.11 Disinfectants and Acanthamoeba; F.12 Future prospects for treatment ; G: War of the Microbial Worlds: Who is the Beneficiary in Acanthamoeba Interactions with Other Microbes; G.1 A host for viruses; G.2 A host for yeast; G.3 A host for protists; G.4 Acanthamoeba and bacteria interactions ; G.5 Is Acanthamoeba an evolutionary ancestor of macrophages?; G.6 Acanthamoeba as evolutionary precursor of pathogenicity; G.7 Who is the beneficiary in bacteria-Acanthamoeba interactions? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816370003321 |
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Algae / Comité international permanent pour la recherche sur la préservation des matériaux en milieu marin |
Autore | Comité international permanent pour la recherche sur la préservation des matériaux en milieu marin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bruxelles : Odema, 1980 |
Descrizione fisica | p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Disciplina | 593 |
Collana | Catalogue of main marine fouling organisms ; 6 |
Soggetto topico | Algae |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003418909707536 |
Comité international permanent pour la recherche sur la préservation des matériaux en milieu marin
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Bruxelles : Odema, 1980 | ||
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An account of the echinoidea Echinides du Musée Indien à Calcutta / Rene Koehler |
Autore | Koehler, René <1860-1931> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Calcutta : Indian Museum, 1914-1927 |
Descrizione fisica | 3 v. ; 31 cm |
Disciplina | 593 |
Collana | Echinodermata of the Indian Museum |
Soggetto non controllato |
Tipi Vari
Echinodermata Echinodermi |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1.: Spatangidés 2.: Clypeastridés et cassidulidés 3.: Echinides Réguliers |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990002065200403321 |
Koehler, René <1860-1931>
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Calcutta : Indian Museum, 1914-1927 | ||
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Anfibi, Rettili : Amphibia, Reptilia / Benedetto Lanza |
Autore | Lanza, Benedetto |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Roma, : CNR, 1983 |
Descrizione fisica | 195 p. : ill. ; 21 cm |
Disciplina |
593
597.6 |
Collana |
Guide per il riconoscimento delle specie animali delle acque interne italiane
Progetto finalizzato Promozione della qualità dell'ambiente |
Soggetto non controllato |
Anfibi
Rettili |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990001786820403321 |
Lanza, Benedetto
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Roma, : CNR, 1983 | ||
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Anostraci, Notostraci Concostraci : (Crustacea : Anostraca, Notostraca, Conchostraca) / di Vezio Cottarelli e Graziella Mura |
Autore | Cottarelli, Vezio |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Roma : Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 1983 |
Descrizione fisica | 71 p. : ill. ; 21 cm |
Disciplina | 593 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Mura, Graziellaauthor |
Collana |
Guide per il riconoscimento delle specie animali delle acque interne italiane ; 18
Collana del progetto finalizzato "Promozione della qualità dell'ambiente" ; AQ/1/194 |
Soggetto topico | Crustacea - Italy |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991001516879707536 |
Cottarelli, Vezio
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Roma : Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 1983 | ||
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Anostraci, Notostraci, Concostraci : (Crustacea: Anostraca, Notostraca, Conchostraca) / Vezio Cottarelli, Graziella Mura |
Autore | Cottarelli, Vezio |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Roma, : CNR, 1983 |
Descrizione fisica | 71 p. : ill. ; 21 cm |
Disciplina |
595.32
593 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Mura, Graziella |
Collana |
Guide per il riconoscimento delle specie animali delle acque interne italiane
Progetto finalizzato Promozione della qualità dell'ambiente |
Soggetto non controllato |
Notostraca
Conchostraca Anostraca Branchiopoda |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990001786770403321 |
Cottarelli, Vezio
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Roma, : CNR, 1983 | ||
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Archiv für Protistenkunde [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jena, : G. Fischer, -c1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 593 |
Soggetto topico |
Protozoa
Eukaryota Microbiology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodical |
ISSN | 2213-5553 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910147263903321 |
Jena, : G. Fischer, -c1997 | ||
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Archiv für Protistenkunde |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jena, : G. Fischer, -c1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 593 |
Soggetto topico |
Protozoa
Eukaryota Microbiology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodical |
ISSN | 2213-5553 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996206394103316 |
Jena, : G. Fischer, -c1997 | ||
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