Immunology of Fungal Infections Book

Preface     vii
Color Plates     ix
Cells
Macrophages   Sigrid E.M. Heinsbroek   Siamon Gordon     3
Dendritic Cells   Luigina Romani     27
The Neutrophil   David H. Dockrell   Emmet E. McGrath   Moira K.B. Whyte   Ian Sabroe     51
Lymphocytes   Anna Vecchiarelli   Antonella Mencacci   Francesco Bistoni     75
Other Cells: The Role of Non-Neutrophilic Granulocytes, NK and NKT Cells in Fungal Immunology   Jeremy C.D. Wiseman   Christopher H. Mody     99
Genes and Gene Pathways in Candida Infection   Robert B. Ashman   Camile S. Farah   Christine Wells     131
Soluble Factors
Collectins and Pentraxins   Uday Kishore   Kenneth B.M. Reid     151
Complement in Fungal Infections and Complement Evasion Strategies   Cornelia Speth   Cornelia Lass-Florl   Reinhard Wurzner     177
Cytokines   Karen F. Buckland   Cory M. Hogaboam     201
Antibodies   Jose L. Lopez-Ribot   Rosalia Diez-Orejas   Concha Gil     235
Non-Opsonic Fungal Receptors
Recognition of Fungal Pathogens by Toll-LikeReceptors   Mihai G. Netea   Jos W.M. Van der Meer   Bart Jan Kullberg     259
Fungal [beta]-Glucans and their Receptors   S. Vicky Tsoni   Gordon D. Brown     273
Detection of Fungi by Mannose-Based Recognition Receptors   F. Meyer-Wentrup   A. Cambi   C.G. Figdor   G.J. Adema     293
Immunity to Specific Pathogens
Pneumocystis   Laura McKinley   Chad Steele     311
Interactions of Aspergillus Fumigatus With its Host During Invasive Pulmonary Infections   Jean-Paul Latge   Anne Beauvais     331
Candida   Desa Lilic   Ken Haynes     359
Immunology of Infections with Cryptococcus Neoformans   Pauline Ellerbroek   Anna Vecchiarelli   Andy Hoepelman   Frank Coenjaerts     381
Histoplasma Capsulatum   Joshua D. Nosanchuk     407
Fungal Immune Evasion Mechanisms
Escape Mechanisms from the Immune Response   David M. Underhill     427
Immune-Based Therapeutic Strategies
Cytokine Treatment of Fungal Infections   Bart Jan Kullberg     443
Fungal Vaccines and Vaccination: Problems and Perspectives   Antonio Cassone     463
Index      487