Complement activation in malaria immunity and pathogenesis. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: José A. Stoute, editor.
• Editors: Stoute, José A
• 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
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 616.9/362; Medicine; Complement activation; Immunity; Malaria -- Pathogenesis; Malaria -- Immunological aspects; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Complement activation; Immunity; Malaria -- Immunological aspects; Medical -- Parasitology; Medical -- Infectious Diseases; Medical -- Tropical Medicine; Medical -- Laboratory Medicine; Medical parasitology; Infectious & contagious diseases; Tropical medicine; Medical laboratory testing & techniques; Immunology; Medical parasitology; Emerging infectious diseases; Tropical medicine; Medical laboratories; Medical -- Immunology; Immunology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319772585; 3319772589
• Related ISBNs: 9783319772578; 3319772570
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 13, 2018).
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