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Cytokines and Chemokines in Infectious Diseases Handbook

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Editors:
  1. Malak Kotb

    1. Departments of Surgery and Molecular Sciences, VA Medical Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA

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  2. Thierry Calandra

    1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospital Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Cytokine Biology Relevant to Infectious Diseases

    1. Introduction: Cytokine Biology Relevant to Infectious Diseases

      • Charles A. Dinarello
      Pages 1-6

  3. Cytokines in Infectious Diseases

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Leptin

      • Graham Lord
      Pages 9-22

    3. Cytokine Gene Polymorphism and Host Susceptibility to Infection

      • Frank Stüber
      Pages 23-30

  4. Cytokines in Gram-Negative Infections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. Proinflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines as Mediators of Gram-Negative Sepsis

      • Jean-Marc Cavaillon
      Pages 33-57

    3. Host Response to Pathogenic Bacteria at Mucosal Sites

      • Laurence Arbibe, Philippe Sansonetti
      Pages 59-64

    4. Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor as a Cytokine of Innate Immunity

      • Thierry Calandra
      Pages 65-74

  5. Cytokines in Gram-Positive Infections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Cytokine Patterns in Severe Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections

      • Anna Norrby-Teglund, Malak Kotb
      Pages 77-92

    3. Superantigens and Bacterial DNA as Cytokine Inducers in Gram-Positive Sepsis

      • Klaus Heeg
      Pages 93-107

    4. Cytokines and Chemokines in Listeriosis

      • Michael S. Rolph, Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
      Pages 109-119

  6. Cytokines in Mycobacterial Infections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Regulation of Cytokines and Chemokines in Human Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

      • Zahra Toossi, Jerrold J. Ellner
      Pages 123-131

    3. Cytokines and Chemokines in Protective and Inflammatory Responses to Infection with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

      • Stefan Ehlers
      Pages 133-150

    4. Human Interleukin-12—Interferon-γ Axis in Protective Immunity to Mycobacteria

      • Claire Fieschi, Stéphanie Dupuis, Capucine Picard, Jean-Laurent Casanova
      Pages 151-161

    5. Role of Th1 Cytokines in Host Defenses Against Mycobacterium leprae

      • Elizabeth Pereira Sampaio, Milton Ozorio Moraes, M. Cristina Vidal Pessolani, Euzenir Nunes Sarno
      Pages 163-186

  7. Cytokines in Other Bacterial Infections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Possible Role of Molecular Mimicry in Lyme Arthritis

      • Abbie L. Meyer, Brigitte T. Huber
      Pages 189-199
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About this book

A comprehensive review of what is known about the role of cytokines and chemokines in a variety of human infectious diseases, including gram-negative and -positive infections, listeriosis, mycobacterial infections, lyme arthritis, pneumonia, fungal infections, HIV, leishmaniasis, and sepsis. The authors demonstrate the different cytokine and chemokine production profiles in response to a wide variety of pathogens and the importance of host genetic factors in determining the type and magnitude of responses to a given microorganism. They also critically evaluate the use of cytokines and anticytokines in the treatment of infectious diseases and show how knowledge of cytokine pleiotropic effects, redundancy, and the complexity of the cytokine network has led to better design and better outcomes in cytokine-based therapies for specific infections.

Reviews

"The material in this handbook is compiled in such a way that the handbook acts as an intersection of the disciplines of immunology and infectious diseases. Individuals from disciplines on either side of the fence will find this a useful resource for learning about the interplay of host humeral immunity and various infections...this book will provide a useful resource as well as a guide for those interested in learning more about cytokines and chemokines in infectious disease." -Clinical Infectious Diseases

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departments of Surgery and Molecular Sciences, VA Medical Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA

    Malak Kotb

  • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospital Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Thierry Calandra

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cytokines and Chemokines in Infectious Diseases Handbook

  • Editors: Malak Kotb, Thierry Calandra

  • Series Title: Infectious Disease

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-309-5

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-908-7Published: 03 March 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-247-6Published: 19 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-309-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 436

  • Number of Illustrations: 46 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Infectious Diseases

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