Vascular responses to pathogens

by Gavins, Felicity N. E. Stokes, Karen Y.

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Full title :Vascular responses to pathogens / edited by Felicity N.E. Gavins, Karen Y. Stokes.

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Publication Date:©2016

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Publisher(s):Academic Press
Place of Publication:Amsterdam, [Netherlands]
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

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""Animal Models of C. pneumoniae Infection: Effects on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Compliance""

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Description:1 online resource (253 p.)

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ISBN:0128010789, 9780128010785, 0128013257, 9780128013250
oclc:on1328148776
LC Classification:QR46
Dewey Decimal:579.165

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Overview""; ""Chapter 1 -- Sepsis""; ""Introduction""; ""The microcirculation in sepsis""; ""The endothelium""; ""Nitric oxide and sepsis""; ""Arterioles""; ""Capillaries""; ""Venules""; ""Permeability""; ""Blood cells""; ""The Inflammatory Response in Sepsis""; ""Platelets in sepsis""; ""Thrombosis and coagulation in sepsis""; ""Models""; ""Genetics and sepsis""; ""Treatments for sepsis""; ""Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 -- Neutrophil-Mediated Vascular Host Defense""

""Introduction""""Bloodstream infections""; ""Conventional vascular host defense""; ""Neutrophil extracellular trap mediated vascular immunity""; ""Immunothrombosis""; ""NET-mediated tissue damage""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 -- Platelets as Mediators of the Vascular Response to Infection""; ""Introduction""; ""Platelet and hemostasis""; ""Platelets and the response to infection""; ""Platelet-bacteria interactions""; ""Direct binding""; ""Indirect binding""; ""Shear stress""; ""Secreted products""; ""Platelet activation""; ""Platelets and sepsis""; ""Conclusions""

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