Contents

pp vii-viii

List of contributors

pp ix-xii

Part I - Introduction to the host and bacterial pathogens

pp 1-2

1 - Overview of the epithelial cell

pp 3-29

2 - Evolution of bacterial pathogens

pp 30-56

Part II - Bacterial cell biology and pathogenesis

pp 57-58

3 - Bacterial secretion systems

pp 59-98

4 - Microbial molecular patterns and host defense

pp 99-130

5 - Roles of flagella in pathogenic bacteria and bacterial–host interactions

pp 131-157

6 - The role of bacterial adhesion to epithelial cells in pathogenesis

pp 158-183

7 - Bacterial toxins that modify the epithelial cell barrier

pp 184-210

Part III - Host cell signaling by bacteria

pp 211-212

8 - Host-mediated invasion: the Salmonella Typhimurium trigger

pp 213-243

9 - NF-κB-dependent responses activated by bacterial–epithelial interactions

pp 244-268

10 - NF-kB-independent responses activated by bacterial–epithelial interactions: the role of arachidonic acid metabolites

pp 269-298

Part IV - Exploitation of host niches by pathogenic bacteria: mechanisms and consequences

pp 299-300

11 - Lung infections

pp 301-326

12 - Interaction of Helicobacter pylori with the gastric mucosa

pp 327-355

13 - Interactions of enteric bacteria with the intestinal mucosa

pp 356-399

14 - Uropathogenic bacteria

pp 400-422

Index

pp 423-439

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