Microbial Endocrinology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Microbial Endocrinology: A Personal Journey

   • Mark Lyte

   Pages 1-16

3. Evolutionary Considerations of Neurotransmitters in Microbial, Plant, and Animal Cells

   • Victoria V. Roshchina

   Pages 17-52

4. Mechanisms by Which Catecholamines Induce Growth in Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Human Pathogens

   • Primrose P. E. Freestone, Sara Sandrini

   Pages 53-68

5. Dietary Catechols and their Relationship to Microbial Endocrinology

   • Neil Shearer, Nicholas J. Walton

   Pages 69-87

6. Interactions Between Bacteria and the Gut Mucosa: Do Enteric Neurotransmitters Acting on the Mucosal Epithelium Influence Intestinal Colonization or Infection?

   • Benedict T. Green, David R. Brown

   Pages 89-109

7. Modulation of the Interaction of Enteric Bacteria with Intestinal Mucosa by Stress-Related Catecholamines

   • Mark P. Stevens

   Pages 111-134

8. The Role of Microbial Endocrinology in Periodontal Disease

   • Anthony Roberts

   Pages 135-150

9. Staphylococci, Catecholamine Inotropes and Hospital-Acquired Infections

   • Primrose P. E. Freestone, Noura Al-Dayan, Mark Lyte

   Pages 151-166

10. The Microbial Endocrinology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    • John C. Alverdy, Kathleen Romanowski, Olga Zaborina, Alexander Zaborin

    Pages 167-179

11. Mechanisms of Stress-Mediated Modulation of Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

    • Cordula M. Stover

    Pages 181-189

12. Psychological Stress, Immunity, and the Effects on Indigenous Microflora

    • Michael T. Bailey

    Pages 191-212

13. The Epinephrine/Norepinephrine/Autoinducer-3 Interkingdom Signaling System in Escherichia coli O157:H7

    • Cristiano G. Moreira, Vanessa Sperandio

    Pages 213-227

14. Molecular Profiling: Catecholamine Modulation of Gene Expression in Enteropathogenic Bacteria

    • Bradley L. Bearson, Scot E. Dowd

    Pages 229-241

15. Microbial Signaling Compounds as Endocrine Effectors

    • Aruna Jahoor, Simon Williams, Kendra Rumbaugh

    Pages 243-268

16. Mycologic Endocrinology

    • Karl V. Clemons, Jata Shankar, David A. Stevens

    Pages 269-290

17. Experimental Design Considerations for In Vitro Microbial Endocrinology Investigations

    • Richard D. Haigh

    Pages 291-308

18. Back Matter

    Pages 309-316

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Microbial endocrinology represents a newly emerging interdisciplinary field that is formed by the intersection of the fields of neurobiology and microbiology. This book will introduce a new perspective to the current understanding not only of the factors that mediate the ability of microbes to cause disease, but also to the mechanisms that maintain normal homeostasis. The discovery that microbes can directly respond to neuroendocrine hormones, as evidenced by increased growth and production of virulence-associated factors, provides for a new framework with which to investigate how microorganisms interface not only with vertebrates, but also with invertebrates and even plants. The reader will learn that the neuroendocrine hormones that one most commonly associates with mammals are actually found throughout the plant, insect and microbial communities to an extent that will undoubtedly surprise many, and most importantly, how interactions between microbes and neuroendocrine hormones can influence the pathophysiology of infectious disease.

• bacteria
• bacterial pathogens
• homeostasis
• hospital-acquired infection
• infection
• infections
• infectious
• infectious disease
• pathophysiology
• physiology
• signaling system
• infectious diseases

• Health Sciences Center, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA

  Mark Lyte

• School of Medicine, Dept. Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

  Primrose P.E. Freestone

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