Complement activation in malaria immunity and pathogenesis /

Complement activation in malaria immunity and pathogenesis /

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Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]
Description:1 online resource : color illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Complement activation.
Immunity.
Malaria -- Pathogenesis.
Malaria -- Immunological aspects.
Complement activation.
Immunity.
Malaria -- Immunological aspects.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11736849
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Other authors / contributors:Stoute, JoseĢ A., editor.
ISBN:9783319772585
3319772589
9783319772578
3319772570
9783319772592
3319772597
9783030084127
3030084124
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 13, 2018).
Summary:References; Role of Complement in Severe Malarial Anemia; The Problem of Severe Malarial Anemia; Evidence of Complement Activation During Malaria; Evidence of Opsonoization and Changes in the Expression of Complement Regulatory Proteins on Uninfected Erythrocytes of Patients with Malaria; Genetic Association Studies; Directions for Future Research; References; Role of Complement in Cerebral Malaria; The Impact of Malaria/Cerebral Malaria; Clinical Features of Cerebral Malaria; Molecular Features of CM; Complement Synthesis in the Periphery and Central Nervous System.
Other form:Print version: Complement activation in malaria immunity and pathogenesis. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018] 3319772570 9783319772578
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-77258-5
10.1007/978-3-319-77
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Dedication; Preface; Contents; Contributors; The Complement System; Introduction; Classical Pathway; Lectin Pathway; Alternative Pathway; Terminal Complement Activation; Extrinsic Complement Activation Pathways; Anaphylatoxins; Complement Regulators; Soluble Complement Regulators; Surface-Bound Complement Regulators; Complement Receptors; References; Mechanisms of Complement Activation in Malaria; Introduction; Malaria Biology; Measures of Complement Activation; Immune Complexes Activate the CP of Complement.
  • Complement and Malaria/Cerebral MalariaComplement in Murine Models of Cerebral Malaria; Complement Gene-Targeted and Transgenic Mice in ECM; Classical Pathway; Lectin Pathway; Alternative Pathway; Anaphylatoxin Receptors and Anaphylatoxins; C3 and C5; Terminal Pathway; Complement Phagocytic Receptors and Regulatory Proteins; Integrating the Role of Complement in ECM; Complement-Mediated Therapeutic Approaches to Cerebral Malaria; References; Complement and Malaria in Pregnancy; Global Burden of Malaria Infection During Pregnancy; Pathophysiology of Malaria in Pregnancy.
  • The Role of Complement Activation in Pregnancy ComplicationsComplement Activation in Pregnancy; Complement in Non-malarial Pregnancy Pathologies; The Role of Complement Activation in Malaria in Pregnancy; Emerging Evidence of Complement Activation in MiP and Fetal Neurodevelopment; Therapeutic Potential of Targeting Complement Activation in MiP; Conclusions; References; Complement Evasion Mechanisms of the Human Pathogen Plasmodium falciparum; Merozoite Invasion into Red Blood Cells; Merozoite Surface Proteins; 6-Cysteine Family of Merozoite Surface Proteins.

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