Microbial Endocrinology

Interkingdom Signaling in Infectious Disease and Health
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4419-5575-3
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 721 g

Microbial endocrinology represents a newly emerging interdisciplinary field that is formed by the intersection of the fields of neurobiology and microbiology. This book will introduce a new perspective to the current understanding not only of the factors that mediate the ability of microbes to cause disease, but also to the mechanisms that maintain normal homeostasis. The discovery that microbes can directly respond to neuroendocrine hormones, as evidenced by increased growth and production of virulence-associated factors, provides for a new framework with which to investigate how microorganisms interface not only with vertebrates, but also with invertebrates and even plants. The reader will learn that the neuroendocrine hormones that one most commonly associates with mammals are actually found throughout the plant, insect and microbial communities to an extent that will undoubtedly surprise many, and most importantly, how interactions between microbes and neuroendocrine hormones can influence the pathophysiology of infectious disease.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lyte, Mark

Freestone, Primrose P.E.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinische Mikrobiologie & Virologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Endokrinologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Immunologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Microbial endocrinology: A Personal Journey
Mark Lyte Ph.D. – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, US
2. Evolutionary considerations of neurotransmitters in microbial, plant and animal Cells
Victoria V. Roshchina, Ph.D. – Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, USSR
3. Mechanisms by which catecholamine stress hormones induce growth in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria
Primrose P.E. Freestone, Ph.D. and Sara M. Sandrini, PhD – Leicester University, Leicester, UK
4. Dietary catechols and their relationship to microbial endocrinology
Neil Shearer, PhD and Nicholas J. Walton, PhD. – Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK
5. Interactions between bacteria and the gut mucosa: Do enteric neurotransmitters acting on the mucosal epithelium influence intestinal colonization or infection?
David R. Brown, Ph.D. – University of Minnesota, Minnesota, US and Benedict T. Green, Ph.D. – USDA, Logan, UT, US
6. Modulation of the interaction of enteric bacteria with intestinal mucosa by stress-related catecholamines
Mark P. Stevens, Ph.D. – Institute for Animal Health, Berkshire, UK
7. The role of microbial endocrinology in periodontal disease
Anthony Roberts, Ph.D., BDS – School of Dentistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
8. Staphylococci, catecholamine inotropes and hospital-acquired infections
Primrose P.E. Freestone, Ph.D, Noura Al-Dayan, MSc. – Leicester University, Leicester, UK and Mark Lyte, Ph.D. – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, US

9. The microbial endocrinology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

John C. Alverdy, M.D., FACS, Kathleen Romanowski M.D., Olga Zaborina Ph.D., Alex Zaborina Ph.D. – University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US

10. Mechanisms of stress-related modulation of upper and lower respiratory tract infections.
Cordula Stover, Ph.D., MD – Leicester University, Leicester, UK
11. Psychological stress, immunity, and the effects on indigenousmicroflora
Michael Bailey, Ph.D. – Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, US
12. The epinephrine/norepinephrine/autoinducer-3 inter-kingdom signaling system in Escherichia coli O157:H7
Cristiano Moreira and Vanessa Sperandio, Ph.D. – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, US
13. Molecular profiling: catecholamine modulation of gene expression in enteropathogenic bacteria
Bradley Bearson, Ph.D. – USDA, Ames, IA and Scot Dowd, Ph.D. – USDA, Lubbock, TX, US
14. Microbial signaling compounds as endocrine effectors
Aruna Jahoor, PhD, Simon Williams, PhD and Kendra Rumbaugh, Ph.D. – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, US
15. Mycolic endocrinology
Karl V. Clemons, Ph.D. – California Institute for Medical Research, San Jose, CA, US. Jata Shankar, Ph.D. – Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA, US and David A. Stevens, Ph.D. – Stanford University, Stanford, CA, US
16. Experimental design considerations for in vitro microbial endocrinology investigations.
Richard Haigh Ph.D. – University of Leicester, Leicester, UK