Overview
- Explores the role of microbes in the pathogenesis of common and disabling non-infectious diseases
- Draws upon increasing evidence that the microflora of the gut plays a key role in the regulation of physiological and immune functions of the body
- Excellent resource for both physicians and investigators
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century (EIDC, volume 1)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This new volume in the series Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century is a novel book on the role of microbes in the pathogenesis of common and disabling non-infectious diseases. New insights have emerged over the past several years suggesting that our commensal microflora of the gut is extremely important in regulating physiological and immune functions of the body. Covered are the perturbations of the normal composition of our endogenous microbiota, influenced by diet and genetic predispositions, as well as the mechanisms to produce common disorders such as obesity, diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, colon cancer and atherosclerotic vascular diseases. Also explored is the evidence suggesting that predisposition to increasingly common afflictions such as asthma and multiple sclerosis is influenced, in combination with our genetic composition, by early life exposure to environmental microbes and the time of onset of common viral infections. Chapters provide the most recent information on these disorders with regards to epidemiology, current concepts on pathogenesis and mechanisms of their biology, recent research and data on the role of microbes, analysis of their validity and conclusive remarks and areas for future research.
The Role of Microbes in Common Non-Infectious Diseases is an excellent resource for both physicians and investigators from a broad range of disciplines that will help to stimulate new concepts of disease pathogenesis and lead to the unraveling of their mechanisms of diseases and to novel treatments.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ignatius [Bill] Fong is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and he is an author/editor of 8 previously published books on Infectious Diseases. His research interests include topics in clinical infectious disease, HIV infection and microbial-induced or associated atherosclerosis.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Role of Microbes in Common Non-Infectious Diseases
Authors: I.W. Fong
Series Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases of the 21st Century
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1670-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-1669-6Published: 26 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4238-1Published: 22 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-1670-2Published: 25 September 2014
Series ISSN: 1573-4684
Series E-ISSN: 2627-5872
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 185
Number of Illustrations: 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology