Parasitic nematodes : molecular biology, biochemistry, and immunology / edited by Malcolm W. Kennedy and William Harnett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kennedy, M. W. (Malcolm W.)

Harnett, W. (William)

C.A.B. International.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nematoda--genetics.

Nematoda--parasitology.

Nematode Infections--immunology.

Nematodes.

Parasites.

Medical Subjects:

Nematoda--genetics.

Nematoda--parasitology.

Nematode Infections--immunology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 423 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Boston : CAB International, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Covering a wide range of rapidly-developing fields of research into parasitic nematodes, this comprehensive volume discusses the genetics, biochemistry and immunology of nematode parasites of humans as well as domestic animals and plants. This fully-updated edition also covers new advances including horizontal gene transfer, immune expulsion mechanisms, genetics of susceptibility in humans, nematode protein structures, role of bacterial symbionts, intrinsic immune response, host immune system modulation, modulation of allergic and autoimmune diseases and the use of parasitic nematodes. Inclusive of 20 chapters subdivided into 4 parts, this book covers latest updates in the current understanding of the molecular biology, biochemistry and immunology of parasitic nematodes of humans, domestic animals and plants. Specific topics discussed in each chapter include horizontal gene transfer, immune expulsion mechanisms, genetics of human susceptibility to nematode infections, nematode protein structure, nematode bacterial symbionts, and host immune system modulation by nematode parasites and their therapeutic potential for immunological diseases.

Contents:

The genome of Pristionchus pacificus and the evolution of parasitism / Ralf J. Sommer and 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 and 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 ... [and others]

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 ... [and others]

Nematode neuropeptide communication systems / Angela Mousley ... [and others]

The Wolbachia bacterial endosymbionts of filarial nematodes / Jeremy M. Foster ... [and others]

The nematode cuticle-synthesis, modification and turnover / Antony P. Page

Proteases of nematodes-from free-living to parasite / Collette Britton

Nematode allergens / Svenja Steinfelder ... [and others]

The unusual lipid binding proteins of nematodes : NPAS, nemFABPs and FARs / Malcolm W. Kennedy ... [and others].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record version.

Other Format:

Print version: Parasitic nematodes.

OCLC:

850864950

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Restricted for use by site license.