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Phagocytosis of Dying Cells

From Molecular Mechanisms to Human Diseases

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Editors:
  1. Dmitri V. Krysko

    1. VIB Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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  2. Peter Vandenabeele

    1. VIB Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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  • The first book on this subject
  • Devoted to describing the molecular mechanisms of phagocytosis of dying cells and examining the impact of defective clearance of dying cells on the immune function and development of human diseases
  • Will be of great interest and value for students in medical, biomedical and biotechnological faculties and for researchers in biotechnological companies and of particular interest to cell biologists, immunologists and clinicians
  • Also gives an overview of the molecular pathways of apoptosis, necrosis and autophagy, as well as of the methods available for studying their clearance
  • Includes 59 illustrations (40 in color) to facilitate easy and clear understanding of what are sometimes quite complex phenomena
  • Contains sufficient cross-referencing and indexing to enable the reader to easily locate the sources or origins of the ideas elaborated in the different chapters

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Molecular Mechanisms of Phagocytosis of Dying Cells

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Molecular Pathways of Different Types of Cell Death: Many Roads to Death

      • Dmitri V. Krysko, Agnieszka Kaczmarek, Peter Vandenabeele
      Pages 3-31

    3. Apoptotic, Autophagic and Necrotic Cell Death Types in Pathophysiological Conditions: Morphological and Histological Aspects

      • K D’Herde, A Diez-Fraile, T Lammens
      Pages 33-62

    4. Role of Attraction and Danger Signals in the Uptake of Apoptotic and Necrotic Cells and its Immunological Outcome

      • Christoph Peter, Sebastian Wesselborg, Lauber Kirsten
      Pages 63-101

    5. Molecules Involved in Recognition and Clearance of Apoptotic/Necrotic Cells and Cell Debris

      • Markus Napirei, Hans Georg Mannherz
      Pages 103-145

    6. Evolutionarily Conserved Pathways Regulating Engulfment of Apoptotic Cells

      • Matthew A. Gronski, Kodi S. Ravichandran
      Pages 147-162

    7. Innate Apoptotic Immunity: A Potent Immunosuppressive Response Repertoire Elicited by Specific Apoptotic Cell Recognition

      • David S. Ucker
      Pages 163-187

    8. Comparative Characterization of Non-professional and Professional Phagocyte Responses to Apoptotic Cells

      • Adam Lacy-Hulbert
      Pages 189-215

    9. Methods Used to Study Apoptotic Cell Clearance

      • Uriel Trahtemberg, Dror Mevorach
      Pages 217-268

  3. Impairment of Phagocytosis of Dying Cells and its Role in the Development of Diseases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-269
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    2. Results of Defective Clearance of Apoptotic Cells: Lessons from Knock-out Mouse Models

      • Christopher D. Gregory, John D. Pound
      Pages 271-298

    3. Clearance of Dying Cells and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

      • Dror Mevorach
      Pages 299-318

    4. Apoptotic Cells for Therapy of Transplant Rejection

      • Sherrie J. Divito, Adrian E. Morelli
      Pages 319-346

    5. Impact of Tumour Cell Death on the Activation of Anti-tumour Immune Response

      • Jiřina Bartůňková, Radek Špíšek
      Pages 347-370

    6. Phagocytosis of Dying Cells in the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis

      • Wim Martinet, Dorien M. Schrijvers, Guido R.Y. De Meyer
      Pages 371-392

    7. The Impact of Defective Clearance of Apoptotic Cells in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Lung Diseases: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma and Cystic Fibrosis

      • Paul N. Reynolds, Sandra J. Hodge
      Pages 393-407

    8. Environmental Factors Affecting Phagocytosis of Dying Cells:Smoking and Static Magnetic Fields

      • Luciana Dini, Cristian Vergallo
      Pages 409-438

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 439-449
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About this book

Phagocytosis has been at the forefront of cell biology for more than a century. Initially, phagocytosis, which comes from Greek words meaning “devouring cells,” was discovered in the late 19th century by Ilya Metchnikoff, who was awarded, together with Paul Ehrlich, the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1908 “in recognition of their work on immunity.” At that time Metchnikoff had already identified a function for phagocytes not only in host defense but also as scavengers of degenerating host cells during metamorphosis of tadpoles, thus providing one of the first descriptions of apoptotic cell clearance by macrophages (Kaufmann 2008). Since then, much has been learned about phagocytosis, and the previous several decades have witnessed outstanding progress in understanding the functions and the molecular mechanisms of phagocytosis. Two main types of targets are cleared by phagocytosis: microbial pathogens and dying cells. Rapid recognition and clearance of dying cells by phagocytes plays a pivotal role in development, maintenance of tissue homeostasis, control of immune responses, and resolution of inflammation. Clearance of dying cells can be divided into several stages, including sensing, r- ognition, binding and signaling, internalization, and immunological responses. In this book, our contributors address these different stages of dead cell cle- ance and examine how impaired clearance of dying cells may lead to human d- eases. We have attempted to provide sufficient cross-referencing and indexing to enable the reader to easily locate the ideas elaborated in the different chapters.

Editors and Affiliations

  • VIB Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB and Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Dmitri V. Krysko, Peter Vandenabeele

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Phagocytosis of Dying Cells

  • Book Subtitle: From Molecular Mechanisms to Human Diseases

  • Editors: Dmitri V. Krysko, Peter Vandenabeele

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9293-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9292-3Published: 14 January 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8299-9Published: 12 September 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9293-0Published: 10 March 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 447

  • Topics: Cancer Research, Oncology, Apoptosis, Immunology, Rheumatology

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