Survival of Parasites, Microbes and Tumours : Strategies for Evasion, Manipulation and Exploitation of the Immune Response (Paperback)

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Exploitation of immune and other defence mechanisms by parasites: an overview R. M. Locksley; 2. Leishmania, macrophages and complement: a tale of subversion and exploitation D. M. Mosser and A. Brittingham; 3. The fate and persistence of Leishmania major in mice of different genetic backgrounds: an example of exploitation of the immune system by intracellular parasites P. Launois, J. A. Louis and G. Milon; 4. The relationship between immunological responsiveness controlled by T-helper 2 lymphocytes and infections with parasitic helminths D. I. Pritchard, C. Hewitt and R. Moqbel; 5. Modulation of host cell receptors: a mechanism for the survival of malaria parasites M. Hommel; 6. Immune evasion in malaria: altered peptide ligands of the circumsporozoite protein M. Plebanski, E. A. M. Lee and A. V. S. Hill; 7. Role of the immune response induced by superantigens in the pathogenesis of microbial infections I. Maillard, F. Luthi, H. Acha-Orbea and H. Diggelmann; 8. Macrophage apoptosis in microbial infections H. Hilbi, A. Zychlinsky and P. J. Sansonetti; 9. Virus encoded cytokines and cytokine receptors M. Barry and G. McFadden; 10. Production of an interferon-gamma homologue by an intestinal nematode: functionally significant or interesting artefact? R. K. Grencis and G. M. Entwhistle; 11. Cytokine induction and exploitation in schistosome infections J. H. McKerrow; 12. A role for granulomatous inflammation in the transmission of infectious disease: schistosomiasis and tuberculosis M. J. Doenhoff; 13. Enhancing antibodies in HIV infection G. Fust; 14. Immunological enhancement of breast cancer T. H. M. Stewart and G. H. Heppner; 15. Mathematical models of parasite responses to host immune defences R. Antia and M. Lipsitch; 16. Parasite immune evasion and exploitation: reflections and projections R. T. Damian.