Protozoans in macrophages.9781587061509 Protozoans in macrophages Macrophages White blood cells whose job is to destroy invading microorganisms. Listeria monocytogenes avoids being killed and can multiply within the macrophage. . Ed. by Eric Y. Denkers and Ricardo T. Gazzinelli. Landes Bioscience 2007 223 pages $149.00 Hardcover Medical intelligence unit QR251 Macrophages are best known for their destruction of microorganisms but also their production of toxic molecules that cause the death of invading microbes along with host tissue pathology. As advances continue in basic research on the nature and structure of macrophages the pieces are starting to come together so we have a fuller idea of what goes on, one protozoa at a time. These 16 articles describe recent work on such topics as macrophage macrophage /mac·ro·phage/ (mak´ro-faj) any of the large, mononuclear, highly phagocytic cells derived from monocytes that occur in the walls of blood vessels (adventitial cells) and in loose connective tissue (histiocytes, phagocytic biology, invasion and intracellular survival by Taxoplasma, macrophages as alternative niches for intracellular growth, uncertainties brought by the study of Leishmania Leishmania /Leish·ma·nia/ (lesh-ma´ne-ah) a genus of parasitic protozoa, including several species pathogenic for humans. In some classifications, organisms are placed in four complexes comprising species and subspecies: L. interactions in vivo, responses and cell signals in infection, pro-inflammatory responses, avoidance of innate immune mechanism by a protozoan protozoan (prō'təzō`ən), informal term for the unicellular heterotrophs of the kingdom Protista. Protozoans comprise a large, diverse assortment of microscopic or near-microscopic organisms that live as single cells or in simple parasite, survival strategies of macrophages, prevention of activation, and the curious behavior of effector effector /ef·fec·tor/ (e-fek´ter) 1. an agent that mediates a specific effect. 2. an organ that produces an effect in response to nerve stimulation. mechanisms. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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