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Genetic Control of the Susceptibility to Bacterial Infection

David E. Briles (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

XII, 176 Seiten

1986 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-16238-4 (ISBN)

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This series ofreviews focuses on recent developments in understandingbacterialpathogenesisthathavebeengained by studying the genetic control of the susceptibility to particular diseases. The topics of the reviews include a description ofbacterial genes that effect virulence and a studyofthe genetic susceptibilityofhumans to group A streptococci and to leprosy. The most versatile model system for studies of disease susceptibility is the inbred mouse. Although seven of the chapters deal with the geneticsoftheresistanceofmice to infection, allofthem point out general principles and, wherever possible, parallelswithappropriatehumandiseases. Genetic studies of the mechanisms of resistance and pathogenesishaveanadvantageoverotherapproaches. By utilizing animals ofappropriate genotypes, it is possible tostudytheinvivoconsequencesofvariationsinparticular hostdefensesinintactanimals.Someofthemoderngenetic approachesusedinmousegeneticsarealsodescribed. Allofthechaptersdealingwithmousegeneticsdescribe studieswithrecombinantinbredmice.Achapterhasbeen included thatdescribesapproaches for the useofmice in genetic studies of disease resistance. This chapter also describesrecombinantinbred miceandameans bywhich theycanbeusedtoexaminethelinkageofgenesaffecting diseaseresistance. Thebulkofthevolumefocusesonthegeneticregulation by three different murine loci: Ips, xid, and fty. fty was the first name given to a locusthatgoverns resistance to infections with leishmania, bacille Calmette-Guerin and salmonella. Different reviews describe the relationshipof thefty locusto thediseasescaused bytwoofthese three pathogens. Thesetwo reviewsalsoincludeadiscussionof other geneticfactors that affect the susceptibilityofmice toeachpathogen.TworeviewsaredevotedtotheX-linked immunodeficiency (xid) locus. One describes the pre sent state of immunological knowledge about the immunological deficits that have been shown to be VI Preface associatedwiththedefectivexidallele.Theotherdescribes theeffectoftheseimmunodeficienciesonthesusceptibility of mice to infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae. Anotherchapter describes the effectsofthe Ips locus on the immune system and the concomitant effects these changeshaveontheresistancetobacterialinfection.There is also a chapter describing genetic studies that examine the relationship between the genetic control of certain macrophage properties and the susceptibility to Listeria infection.

Genetic Control of the Susceptibility to Infection with Pathogenic Bacteria.- Genetic Approaches to the Study of Disease Resistance: with Special Emphasis on the Use of Recombinant Inbred Mice. With 2 Figures.- Influence of Host Genes on Resistance of Inbred Mice to Lethal Infection with Salmonella typhimurium. With 3 Figures.- Genetic Control of Resistance to Mycobacterial Infection. With 1 Figure.- Genetic Control of Resistance to Listeria Infection. With 2 Figures.- X-Linked Immune Deficiency (xid) of CBA/N Mice.- Genetic Control of the Susceptibility to Pneumococcal Infection. With 4 Figures.- Lps Gene Regulation of Mucosal Immunity and Susceptibility to Salmonella Infection in Mice. With 7 figures.- Genetic Determination of Bacterial Virulence, with Special Reference to Salmonella.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.1986
Reihe/Serie	Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
Zusatzinfo	XII, 176 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Gewicht	430 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Dermatologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Mikrobiologie / Infektologie / Reisemedizin
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
Schlagworte	Bacteria • Diseases • Gene • gene regulation • Genetics • immune system • Immunodeficiency • Infection • Infections • pathogenesis • resistance
ISBN-10	3-540-16238-0 / 3540162380
ISBN-13	978-3-540-16238-4 / 9783540162384
Zustand	Neuware