Research Catalog

Title

GI microbiota and regulation of the immune system / edited by Gary B. Huffnagle, Mairi C. Noverr.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Springer Science+Business Media ; Austin, Tex. : Landes Bioscience, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• Huffnagle, Gary B.
• Noverr, Mairi C. (Mairi Catherine)

Description

xvi, 149 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 635

Uniform Title

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 635.

Subjects

• Gastrointestinal Tract > microbiology
• Gastrointestinal system > Immunology
• Gastrointestinal system > Microbiology
• Gastrointestinal Tract > physiology
• Bacterial Physiological Phenomena

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sect. I. Overview Chapters -- 1. Overview of Gut Immunology / Katie Lynn Mason, Gary B. Huffnagle, Mairi C. Noverr and John Y. Kao -- 2. The Commensal Microbiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract / Janet M. Manson, Marcus Rauch and Michael S. Gilmore -- Sect. II. Current Techniques -- 3. Overview of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota / Vincent B. Young and Thomas M. Schmidt -- 4. Effects of Microbiota on GI Health: Gnotobiotic Research / Robert Doug Wagner -- Sect. III. Interaction with the Host -- 5. Positive Interactions With the Microbiota: Probiotics / Marko Kalliomaki, Seppo Salminen and Erika Isolauri -- 6. Negative Interactions With the Microbiota: IBD / Nita H. Salzman and Charles L. Bevins -- Sect. IV. Role of the Diet -- 7. Diet, Immunity and Functional Foods / Lesley Hoyles and Jelena Vulevic -- Sect. V. Host-Microbe Signaling -- 8. Host-microbe Communication Within The GI Tract / Christopher A. Allen and Alfredo G. Torres -- 9. Host-Microbe Symbiosis: The Squid-Vibrio Association - A Naturally Occurring, Experimental Model of Animal/Bacterial Partnerships / Margaret McFall-Ngai -- Sect. VI. Hypotheses -- 10. The "microflora Hypothesis" of Allergic Disease / Andrew Shreiner, Gary B. Huffnagle and Mairi C. Noverr -- 11. The Damage-Response Framework of Microbial Pathogenesis and Infectious Diseases / Liise-anne Pirofski and Arturo Casadevall.

ISBN

• 9780387799896
• 0387799893
• 9780387095493
• 0387095497

LCCN

2008023383

OCLC

• ocn231745512
• 231745512
• SCSB-5431705

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Columbia University Libraries