Microbial Endocrinology: Interkingdom Signaling in Infectious Disease and Health (2010) (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology #817)
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Copyright:
- 2010
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781441955760
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781441955753
- Publisher:
- Springer New York
- Date of Addition:
- 08/16/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer New York, New York, NY
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Animals, Medicine
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Mark Lyte
- Edited by:
- Primrose P.E. Freestone
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