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Title Cryptococcus : from human pathogen to model yeast / edited by Joseph Heitman, Thomas R. Kozel, Kyung J. Kwon-Chung, John R. Perfect, Arturo Casadevall
Published Washington, DC : ASM Press, [2011]
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 620 pages) : illustrations
Series Monograph, ASM Press
Monograph, ASM Press
Contents 880-01 Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- I General Principles -- Chapter 1 : Systematics of the Genus Cryptococcus and Its Type Species C. neoformans / Kyung J. Kwon-Chung, Teun Boekhout, Brian L. Wickes, Jack W. Fell -- Chapter 2 : The History of Cryptococcus and Cryptococcosis / John R. Perfect, Arturo Casadevall -- Chapter 3 : Biosynthesis and Genetics of the Cryptococcus Capsule / Guilhem Janbon, Tamara L. Doering -- Chapter 4 : The Architecture and Antigenic Composition of the Polysaccharide Capsule / Marcio L. Rodrigues, Arturo Casadevall, Oscar Zaragoza -- Chapter 5 : Melanin: Structure, Function, and Biosynthesis in Cryptococcus / David Trofa, Arturo Casadevall, Joshua D. Nosanchuk -- Chapter 6 : The Cell Wall of Cryptococcus / Nicole M. Gilbert, Jennifer K. Lodge, Charles A. Specht -- Chapter 7 : Sexual Reproduction of Cryptococcus / Yen-Ping Hsueh, Xiaorong Lin, Kyung J. Kwon-Chung, Joseph Heitman -- Chapter 8 : Population Structure and Ecology of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii / Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Jianping Xu, Thomas G. Mitchell -- II Genetics And Genomics -- Chapter 9 : The Cryptococcus Genomes: Tools for Comparative Genomics and Expression Analysis / James W. Kronstad, Brendan J. Loftus, Jennifer K. Lodge -- Chapter 10 : Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Cryptococcus Environmental and Host Responses / Alexander Idnurm, Peter R. Williamson -- Chapter 11 : The Mating-Type Locus of Cryptococcus: Evolution of Gene Clusters Governing Sex Determination and Sexual Reproduction from the Phylogenomic Perspective / Yen-Ping Hsueh, Banu Metin, Keisha Findley, Marianela Rodriguez-Carres, Joseph Heitman -- III Signaling And Virulence -- Chapter 12 : G-Protein Signaling Pathways: Regulating Morphogenesis and Virulence of Cryptococcus / J. Andrew Alspaugh, Connie B. Nichols, Chaoyang Xue, Wei-Chiang Shen, Ping Wang -- Chapter 13 : A Role for Mating in Cryptococcal Virulence / Kirsten Nielsen, Kyung J. Kwon-Chung -- Chapter 14 : Sensing Extracellular Signals in Cryptococcus neoformans / Alexander Idnurm, Yong-Sun Bahn, Wei-Chiang Shen, Julian C. Rutherford, Fritz A. Mühlschlegel -- Chapter 15 : Virulence Mechanisms of Cryptococcus gattii: Convergence and Divergence / Sudha Chaturvedi, Vishnu Chaturvedi -- Chapter 16 : Drug Resistance in Cryptococcus: Epidemiology and Molecular Mechanisms / M.A. Pfaller, J.K. Lodge, M.A. Ghannoum -- Chapter 17 : Signaling Cascades and Enzymes as Cryptococcus Virulence Factors / Deborah S. Fox, Julianne T. Djordjevic, Tania C. Sorrell -- IV Environmental Interactions and Population Genetics -- Chapter 18 : Environmental Niches for Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii / Thomas G. Mitchell, Elizabeth Castañeda, Kirsten Nielsen, Bodo Wanke, Marcia S. Lazéra -- Chapter 19 : Cryptococcus neoformans: Nonvertebrate Hosts and the Emergence of Virulence / Jeffrey J. Coleman, Cara J. Chrisman, Arturo Casadevall, Eleftherios Mylonakis -- Chapter 20 : Cryptococcosis in Africa / Nelesh P. Govender, Thomas G. Mitchell, Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Kathleen J. Miglia -- Chapter 21 : Cryptococcosis in Asia / Jiangping Xu, Weerawat Manosuthi, Uma Banerjee, Li-Ping Zhu, Janghan Chen, Shigeru Kohno, Koichi Izumikawa, Yuchong Chen, Somnuek Sungkanuparph, Thomas S. Harrison, Matthew Fisher -- Chapter 22 : Sexual Reproduction of Cryptococcus gattii: a Population Genetics Perspective / Dee Carter, Leona Campbell, Nathan Saul, Mark Krockenberger -- Chapter 23 : The Emergence of Cryptococcus gattii Infections on Vancouver Island and Expansion in the Pacific Northwest / Karen Bartlett, Edmond Byrnes, Colleen Duncan, Murray Fyfe, Eleni Galanis, Joseph Heitman, Linda Hoang, Sarah Kidd, Laura MacDougall, Sunny Mak, Kieren Marr, Muhammad Morshed, Sarah West, James Kronstad -- Chapter 24 : Molecular Typing of the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii Species Complex / Wieland Meyer, Felix Gilgado, Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Luciana Trilles, Ferry Hagen, Elizabeth Castañeda, Teun Boekhout -- Chapter 25 : Hybridization and Its Importance in the Cryptococcus Species Complex / Massimo Cogliati, Xiaorong Lin, Maria Anna Viviani -- V Interactions with the Immune System -- Chapter 26 : The Interaction of Cryptococcus neoformans with Host MacroPhages and Neutrophils / Travis McQuiston, Maurizio Del Poeta -- Chapter 27 : T Cell and Dendritic Cell Immune Responses to Cryptococcus / Karen L. Wozniak, Stuart M. Levitz -- Chapter 28 : Acquired Humoral Immunity to Cryptococcus neoformans / Liise-Anne Pirofski, Arturo Casadevall -- Chapter 29 : Interactions of Capsule with Antibody and Complement / Thomas R. Kozel -- Chapter 30 : Cryptococcus Interactions with Innate Cytotoxic Lymphocytes / Shaunna M. Huston, Christopher H. Mody -- VI Pathogenesis of Cryptococcosis -- Chapter 31 : Cryptococcus neoformans: Latency and Disease / Françoise Dromer, Arturo Casadevall, John Perfect, Tania Sorrell -- Chapter 32 : Intracellular Replication and Exit Strategies / Kerstin Voelz, Simon A. Johnston, Robin C. May -- Chapter 33 : Pulmonary Innate and Adaptive Defenses against Cryptococcus / Kristi L. Williams, Floyd L. Wormley, Jr., Scarlett Geunes-Boyer, Jo Rae Wright, Gary B. Huffnagle -- Chapter 34 : Invasion of Cryptococcus into the Central Nervous System / Françoise Dromer, Stuart M. Levitz -- Chapter 35 : Cryptococcosis in Experimental Animals: Lessons Learned / Karl V. Clemons, David A. Stevens -- Chapter 36 : Veterinary Insights into Cryptococcosis Caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii / Richard Malik, Mark B. Krockenberger, Carolyn R. O'Brien, Dee A. Carter, Wieland Meyer, Paul J. Canfield -- VII Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention, and Clinical Perspectives -- Chapter 37 : Cryptococcosis in Transplant Recipients / Nina Singh, Barbara D. Alexander -- Chapter 38 : Cryptococcosis in AIDS / Bettina C. Fries, Gary M. Cox -- Chapter 39 : Antifungal Trials: Progress, Approaches, New Targets, and Perspectives in Cryptococcosis / Peter G. Pappas -- Chapter 40 : Vaccines and Antibody Therapies from Cryptococcus neoformans to Melanoma / Arturo Casadevall, Ekaterina Dadachova, Liise-anne Pirofski -- Chapter 41 : Diagnostic Approach Based on Capsular Antigen, Capsule Detection, [Beta]-Glucan, and DNA Analysis / Mara R. Diaz, M. Hong Nguyen -- Chapter 42 : Management of Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in Both Developed and Developing Countries / Joseph N. Jarvis, Tihana Bicanic, Thomas S. Harrison -- Chapter 43 : Public Health Importance of Cryptococcal Disease: Epidemiology, Burden, and Control / Benjamin J. Park, Shawn R. Lockhart, Mary E. Brandt, Tom M. Chiller -- Chapter 44 : Clinical Perspectives on Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii: Implications for Diagnosis and Management / Tania C. Sorrell, Sharon C.-A. Chen, Peter Phillips, Kieren A. Marr -- Index -- Color Plates
880-01/(S Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- I General Principles -- Chapter 1 : Systematics of the Genus Cryptococcus and Its Type Species C. neoformans / Kyung J. Kwon-Chung, Teun Boekhout, Brian L. Wickes, Jack W. Fell -- Chapter 2 : The History of Cryptococcus and Cryptococcosis / John R. Perfect, Arturo Casadevall -- Chapter 3 : Biosynthesis and Genetics of the Cryptococcus Capsule / Guilhem Janbon, Tamara L. Doering -- Chapter 4 : The Architecture and Antigenic Composition of the Polysaccharide Capsule / Marcio L. Rodrigues, Arturo Casadevall, Oscar Zaragoza -- Chapter 5 : Melanin: Structure, Function, and Biosynthesis in Cryptococcus / David Trofa, Arturo Casadevall, Joshua D. Nosanchuk -- Chapter 6 : The Cell Wall of Cryptococcus / Nicole M. Gilbert, Jennifer K. Lodge, Charles A. Specht -- Chapter 7 : Sexual Reproduction of Cryptococcus / Yen-Ping Hsueh, Xiaorong Lin, Kyung J. Kwon-Chung, Joseph Heitman -- Chapter 8 : Population Structure and Ecology of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii / Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Jianping Xu, Thomas G. Mitchell -- II Genetics And Genomics -- Chapter 9 : The Cryptococcus Genomes: Tools for Comparative Genomics and Expression Analysis / James W. Kronstad, Brendan J. Loftus, Jennifer K. Lodge -- Chapter 10 : Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Cryptococcus Environmental and Host Responses / Alexander Idnurm, Peter R. Williamson -- Chapter 11 : The Mating-Type Locus of Cryptococcus: Evolution of Gene Clusters Governing Sex Determination and Sexual Reproduction from the Phylogenomic Perspective / Yen-Ping Hsueh, Banu Metin, Keisha Findley, Marianela Rodriguez-Carres, Joseph Heitman -- III Signaling And Virulence -- Chapter 12 : G-Protein Signaling Pathways: Regulating Morphogenesis and Virulence of Cryptococcus / J. Andrew Alspaugh, Connie B. Nichols, Chaoyang Xue, Wei-Chiang Shen, Ping Wang -- Chapter 13 : A Role for Mating in Cryptococcal Virulence / Kirsten Nielsen, Kyung J. Kwon-Chung -- Chapter 14 : Sensing Extracellular Signals in Cryptococcus neoformans / Alexander Idnurm, Yong-Sun Bahn, Wei-Chiang Shen, Julian C. Rutherford, Fritz A. Mühlschlegel -- Chapter 15 : Virulence Mechanisms of Cryptococcus gattii: Convergence and Divergence / Sudha Chaturvedi, Vishnu Chaturvedi -- Chapter 16 : Drug Resistance in Cryptococcus: Epidemiology and Molecular Mechanisms / M.A. Pfaller, J.K. Lodge, M.A. Ghannoum -- Chapter 17 : Signaling Cascades and Enzymes as Cryptococcus Virulence Factors / Deborah S. Fox, Julianne T. Djordjevic, Tania C. Sorrell -- IV Environmental Interactions and Population Genetics -- Chapter 18 : Environmental Niches for Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii / Thomas G. Mitchell, Elizabeth Castañeda, Kirsten Nielsen, Bodo Wanke, Marcia S. Lazéra -- Chapter 19 : Cryptococcus neoformans: Nonvertebrate Hosts and the Emergence of Virulence / Jeffrey J. Coleman, Cara J. Chrisman, Arturo Casadevall, Eleftherios Mylonakis -- Chapter 20 : Cryptococcosis in Africa / Nelesh P. Govender, Thomas G. Mitchell, Anastasia P. Litvintseva, Kathleen J. Miglia -- Chapter 21 : Cryptococcosis in Asia / Jiangping Xu, Weerawat Manosuthi, Uma Banerjee, Li-Ping Zhu, Janghan Chen, Shigeru Kohno, Koichi Izumikawa, Yuchong Chen, Somnuek Sungkanuparph, Thomas S. Harrison, Matthew Fisher -- Chapter 22 : Sexual Reproduction of Cryptococcus gattii: a Population Genetics Perspective / Dee Carter, Leona Campbell, Nathan Saul, Mark Krockenberger -- Chapter 23 : The Emergence of Cryptococcus gattii Infections on Vancouver Island and Expansion in the Pacific Northwest / Karen Bartlett, Edmond Byrnes, Colleen Duncan, Murray Fyfe, Eleni Galanis, Joseph Heitman, Linda Hoang, Sarah Kidd, Laura MacDougall, Sunny Mak, Kieren Marr, Muhammad Morshed, Sarah West, James Kronstad -- Chapter 24 : Molecular Typing of the Cryptococcus neoformans/Cryptococcus gattii Species Complex / Wieland Meyer, Felix Gilgado, Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Luciana Trilles, Ferry Hagen, Elizabeth Castañeda, Teun Boekhout -- Chapter 25 : Hybridization and Its Importance in the Cryptococcus Species Complex / Massimo Cogliati, Xiaorong Lin, Maria Anna Viviani -- V Interactions with the Immune System -- Chapter 26 : The Interaction of Cryptococcus neoformans with Host MacroPhages and Neutrophils / Travis McQuiston, Maurizio Del Poeta -- Chapter 27 : T Cell and Dendritic Cell Immune Responses to Cryptococcus / Karen L. Wozniak, Stuart M. Levitz -- Chapter 28 : Acquired Humoral Immunity to Cryptococcus neoformans / Liise-Anne Pirofski, Arturo Casadevall -- Chapter 29 : Interactions of Capsule with Antibody and Complement / Thomas R. Kozel -- Chapter 30 : Cryptococcus Interactions with Innate Cytotoxic Lymphocytes / Shaunna M. Huston, Christopher H. Mody -- VI Pathogenesis of Cryptococcosis -- Chapter 31 : Cryptococcus neoformans: Latency and Disease / Françoise Dromer, Arturo Casadevall, John Perfect, Tania Sorrell -- Chapter 32 : Intracellular Replication and Exit Strategies / Kerstin Voelz, Simon A. Johnston, Robin C. May -- Chapter 33 : Pulmonary Innate and Adaptive Defenses against Cryptococcus / Kristi L. Williams, Floyd L. Wormley, Jr., Scarlett Geunes-Boyer, Jo Rae Wright, Gary B. Huffnagle -- Chapter 34 : Invasion of Cryptococcus into the Central Nervous System / Françoise Dromer, Stuart M. Levitz -- Chapter 35 : Cryptococcosis in Experimental Animals: Lessons Learned / Karl V. Clemons, David A. Stevens -- Chapter 36 : Veterinary Insights into Cryptococcosis Caused by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii / Richard Malik, Mark B. Krockenberger, Carolyn R. O'Brien, Dee A. Carter, Wieland Meyer, Paul J. Canfield -- VII Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention, and Clinical Perspectives -- Chapter 37 : Cryptococcosis in Transplant Recipients / Nina Singh, Barbara D. Alexander -- Chapter 38 : Cryptococcosis in AIDS / Bettina C. Fries, Gary M. Cox -- Chapter 39 : Antifungal Trials: Progress, Approaches, New Targets, and Perspectives in Cryptococcosis / Peter G. Pappas -- Chapter 40 : Vaccines and Antibody Therapies from Cryptococcus neoformans to Melanoma / Arturo Casadevall, Ekaterina Dadachova, Liise-anne Pirofski -- Chapter 41 : Diagnostic Approach Based on Capsular Antigen, Capsule Detection, β-Glucan, and DNA Analysis / Mara R. Diaz, M. Hong Nguyen -- Chapter 42 : Management of Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in Both Developed and Developing Countries / Joseph N. Jarvis, Tihana Bicanic, Thomas S. Harrison -- Chapter 43 : Public Health Importance of Cryptococcal Disease: Epidemiology, Burden, and Control / Benjamin J. Park, Shawn R. Lockhart, Mary E. Brandt, Tom M. Chiller -- Chapter 44 : Clinical Perspectives on Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii: Implications for Diagnosis and Management / Tania C. Sorrell, Sharon C.-A. Chen, Peter Phillips, Kieren A. Marr -- Index -- Color Plates
Contributors; Foreword; Preface; SECTION I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES; SECTION II. GENETICS AND GENOMICS; SECTION III. SIGNALING AND VIRULENCE; SECTION IV. ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS AND POPULATION GENETICS; SECTION V. INTERACTIONS WITH THE IMMUNE SYSTEM; SECTION VI. PATHOGENESIS OF CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; SECTION VII. DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, PREVENTION, AND CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES; Index
Summary Featuring more than 100 expert authors from around the world, this book offers the full range of scientific and clinical perspectives needed to create this unique, comprehensive overview of Cryptococcus. It covers both the Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species, examining in detail the life cycle, pathophysiology, molecular biology, genetics, genomics, epidemiology, immunology, and clinical management of this encapsulated yeast
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Cryptococcus.
Cryptococcus -- pathogenicity
Cryptococcus -- physiology
Cryptococcosis -- microbiology
Cryptococcus
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Microbiology.
Cryptococcus
Form Electronic book
Author Heitman, Joseph, editor.
Kozel, Thomas R., editor
Kwon-Chung, K. J. (K. June), editor.
Perfect, John R., 1949- editor.
Casadevall, Arturo, 1957- editor.
ISBN 9781683671220
1683671228
1555816851
9781555816858