Host-Pathogen Interactions : Methods and Protocols - Rupp, Steffen; Sohn, Kai.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2009)
Bacterial Pathogens -- Introduction: Bacterial Pathogens -- Transcriptome Analyses in the Interaction of Neisseria meningitidis with Mammalian Host Cells -- Surface-Exposed Adherence Molecules of Streptococcus pneumoniae -- Screening of Virulence Traits in Legionella pneumophila and Analysis of the Host Susceptibility to Infection by Using the Dictyostelium Host Model System -- Characterizing Host Receptor Recognition by Individual Bacterial Pathogens -- Fungal Pathogens -- Introduction: Fungal Pathogens -- Isolation and Purification of Antigenic Components of Cryptococcus -- A Method for Examining Glycans Surface Expression of Yeasts by Flow Cytometry -- Human Epithelial Model Systems for the Study of Candida Infections In Vitro: Part I. Adhesion to Epithelial Models -- Human Epithelial Model Systems for the Study of Candida infections In Vitro: Part II. Histologic Methods for Studying Fungal Invasion -- In Vitro Systems for Studying the Interaction of Fungal Pathogens with Primary Cells from the Mammalian Innate Immune System -- Experimental Infection of Rodent Mammals for Fungal Virulence Testing -- Real-Time and Semiquantitative RT-PCR Methods to Analyze Gene Expression Patterns During Aspergillus-Host Interactions -- Antibody-Based Strategy to Identify Candida albicans Genes Expressed During Infections -- Identification of the Candida albicans Immunome During Systemic Infection by Mass Spectrometry -- Parasites -- Introduction: Parasites -- Axenic In Vitro Cultivation of Echinococcus multilocularis Metacestode Vesicles and the Generationof Primary Cell Cultures -- Culture of Exoerythrocytic Stages of the Malaria Parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax -- Modulation of Caspase Activation by Toxoplasma gondii -- Host Responses -- Introduction: Host Responses -- Fungal and Bacterial Killing by Neutrophils -- Endothelial Cell Stimulation by Candida albicans -- Models of Oral and Vaginal Candidiasis Based on In Vitro Reconstituted Human Epithelia for the Study of Host-Pathogen Interactions -- Phagocytosis of Candida albicans by RNAi-Treated Drosophila S2 Cells -- Oral Mucosal Cell Response to Candida albicans in Transgenic Mice Expressing HIV-1 -- Proteomic Profiling of Serologic Response to Candida albicans During Host-Commensal and Host-Pathogen Interactions.
Keywords: Microbiology; Infectious diseases; Laboratory medicine; Microbiology; Infectious Diseases; Laboratory Medicine