Parasitic nematodes : molecular biology, biochemistry and immunology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Harnett, W. (William) (Editor), Kennedy, M. W. (Malcolm W.) (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
Edition:	2nd edition.
Subjects:	Nematoda > genetics. Nematoda > parasitology. Nematode Infections > immunology. Nematodes. Parasites. Genetics and Molecular Genetics (Wild Animals), (New March 2000) Human Immunology and Allergology, (New March 2000) Non-drug Therapy and Prophylaxis of Humans, (New March 2000) Pathogens, Parasites and Infectious Diseases (Wild Animals), (New March 2000) Physiology and Biochemistry (Wild Animals), (New March 2000) Plant Pests, (New March 2000) Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans, (New March 2000) Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000) Animal proteins. Biochemistry. Domestic animals. Endosymbionts. Endosymbiosis. Gene transfer. Genes. Genetic factors. Human diseases. Immune response. Immune system. Immunological diseases. Immunology. Immunomodulatory properties. Man. Medical treatment. Molecular biology. Molecular genetics. Nematoda. Nematode infections. Plant parasitic nematodes. Susceptibility. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The genome of Pristionchus pacificus and the evolution of parasitism / Ralf J. Sommer & Akira Ogawa
Life-history plasticity and responses to host defence / Mark Viney
The complex armory of plant-parasitic nematodes / David McK. Bird and Peter M. DiGennaro
Innate immunity in Caenorhabditis elegans and other nematodes / Marie-Noëlle Rosso, Nathalie Pujol and Jonathan J. Ewbank
Nematodes and regulatory T cells / Katherine A. Smith and Rick M. Maizels
The alternatively-activated macrophage / Dominik Rückerl, Stephen Jenkins & Judith E. Allen
Regulation of immunity and inflammation following intestinal helminth infection / Matthew Hepworth, Richard K. Grencis and David Artis
Influence of nematodes on Mycobacterium tuberculosis and related mycobacteriae : from disease outcome to immune responses / Subash Babu and Thomas B. Nutman
Modulation of autoimmune and allergic responses by defined nematode molecules / William Harnett, Lamyaa Al-Riyami, Justyna Rzepecka and Margaret M. Harnett
Genetics and mechanisms of drug resistance in nematodes / Roger Prichard and Anne Lespine
Genetics of resistance to hookworm infection / Rupert J. Quinnell and Jerzy M. Behnke
Vaccination against filarial nematodes / Sara Lustigman and Thomas R. Klei
A vaccine against Haemonchus contortus : current status and future possibilities / David Knox
Nematodes and human therapeutic trials / David E. Elliott, David Pritchard, Alan Brown and Joel V. Weinstock
Nematode neuropeptide communication systems / Angela Mousley, Paul McVeigh, Johnathan J. Dalzell and Aaron G. Maule
The Wolbachia bacterial endosymbionts of filarial nematodes / Jeremy M. Foster, Achim Hoerauf, Barton E. Slatko and Mark J. Taylor
The nematode cuticle-synthesis, modification and turnover / Antony P. Page
Proteases of nematodes-from free-living to parasite / Collette Britton
Nematode allergens / Svenja Steinfelder, Sebastian Rausch, Richard Lucius and Susanne Hartmann
The unusual lipid binding proteins of nematodes : NPAS, nemFABPs and FARs / Malcolm W. Kennedy, Betina Corsico, Alan Cooper and Brian O. Smith.