Autophagy in Infection and Immunity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Levine, Beth. (Editor), Yoshimori, Tamotsu. (Editor), Deretic, Vojo. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 335
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Microbiology.; Medical virology.; Biomedicine.; Virology.; Medical Microbiology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00302-8

Autophagy is a fundamental biological process that enables cells to autodigest their own cytosol during starvation and other forms of stress. It has a growing spectrum of acknowledged roles in immunity, aging, development, neurodegeneration, and cancer biology. An immunological role of autophagy was...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• An Overview of the Molecular Mechanism of Autophagy
• Macroautophagy Signaling and Regulation
• Physiological Functions of Autophagy
• Autophagy and Lymphocyte Homeostasis
• Autophagy and Innate Recognition Systems
• Autophagy in MHC Class II Presentation of Endogenous Antigens
• Role of Autophagy and Autophagy Genes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Autophagy in Immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a Model System to Dissect Immunological Roles of Autophagy
• Autophagy in Immunity against Intracellular Bacteria
• Group A Streptococcus, a Loser in the Battle to Autophagy
• Autophagy Subversion by Bacteria
• Autophagy in Immunity against Toxoplasma Gondii
• Autophagy in Mammalian Antiviral Immunity
• Something Old, Something New: Plant Innate Immunity and Autophagy
• Autophagy in HIV-Induced T Cell Death
• Subversion of the Cellular Autophagy Pathway by Viruses
• Subject index.