Overview
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Malak Kotb
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Departments of Surgery and Molecular Sciences, VA Medical Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA
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Thierry Calandra
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospital Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Cytokines in Other Bacterial Infections
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- Peter Kragsbjerg, Hans Holmberg
Pages 201-211
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Cytokines in Fungal Infections
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Front Matter
Pages 213-213
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- Emmanuel Roilides, Joanna Filioti, Cristina Gil-Lamaignere
Pages 215-226
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Cytokines in Parasitic Infections
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Front Matter
Pages 243-243
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- Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier, Geneviève Milon, Jacques A. Louis
Pages 245-258
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- Ulrike Wille, Christopher A. Hunter
Pages 259-281
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Cytokines in Viral Infections
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Front Matter
Pages 283-283
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- Mala K. Maini, Antonio Bertoletti
Pages 313-327
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Cytokines as Therapeutic Agents in Infectious Diseases
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Front Matter
Pages 329-329
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- Steven M. Holland, John I. Gallin
Pages 331-344
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- Guido Poli, Claudio Fortis, Adriano Lazzarin, Giuseppe Tambussi
Pages 345-359
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- Kai Hübel, David C. Dale, Richard K. Root, W. Conrad Liles
Pages 361-378
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Anticytokine-Based Therapy in Treatment of Infectious Diseases
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Front Matter
Pages 379-379
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- Pierre-Yves Bochud, Michel P. Glauser, Thierry Calandra
Pages 381-407
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- Anna Norrby-Teglund, Donald E. Low, Malak Kotb
Pages 409-423
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Back Matter
Pages 425-436
About this book
A comprehensive review of what is known about the role of cytokines and chemokines in a variety of human infectious diseases, including gram-negative and -positive infections, listeriosis, mycobacterial infections, lyme arthritis, pneumonia, fungal infections, HIV, leishmaniasis, and sepsis. The authors demonstrate the different cytokine and chemokine production profiles in response to a wide variety of pathogens and the importance of host genetic factors in determining the type and magnitude of responses to a given microorganism. They also critically evaluate the use of cytokines and anticytokines in the treatment of infectious diseases and show how knowledge of cytokine pleiotropic effects, redundancy, and the complexity of the cytokine network has led to better design and better outcomes in cytokine-based therapies for specific infections.
Reviews
"The material in this handbook is compiled in such a way that the handbook acts as an intersection of the disciplines of immunology and infectious diseases. Individuals from disciplines on either side of the fence will find this a useful resource for learning about the interplay of host humeral immunity and various infections...this book will provide a useful resource as well as a guide for those interested in learning more about cytokines and chemokines in infectious disease." -Clinical Infectious Diseases
Editors and Affiliations
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Departments of Surgery and Molecular Sciences, VA Medical Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA
Malak Kotb
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospital Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
Thierry Calandra