Host-Pathogen Interactions

Bacterial Pathogens.- Introduction: Bacterial Pathogens.- Transcriptome Analyses in the Interaction of Neisseria meningitidis with Mammalian Host Cells.- Surface-Exposed Adherence Molecules of Streptococcus pneumoniae.- Screening of Virulence Traits in Legionella pneumophila and Analysis of the Host Susceptibility to Infection by Using the Dictyostelium Host Model System.- Characterizing Host Receptor Recognition by Individual Bacterial Pathogens.- Fungal Pathogens.- Introduction: Fungal Pathogens.- Isolation and Purification of Antigenic Components of Cryptococcus.- A Method for Examining Glycans Surface Expression of Yeasts by Flow Cytometry.- Human Epithelial Model Systems for the Study of Candida Infections In Vitro: Part I. Adhesion to Epithelial Models.- Human Epithelial Model Systems for the Study of Candida infections In Vitro: Part II. Histologic Methods for Studying Fungal Invasion.- In Vitro Systems for Studying the Interaction of Fungal Pathogens with Primary Cells from the Mammalian Innate Immune System.- Experimental Infection of Rodent Mammals for Fungal Virulence Testing.- Real-Time and Semiquantitative RT-PCR Methods to Analyze Gene Expression Patterns During Aspergillus-Host Interactions.- Antibody-Based Strategy to Identify Candida albicans Genes Expressed During Infections.- Identification of the Candida albicans Immunome During Systemic Infection by Mass Spectrometry.- Parasites.- Introduction: Parasites.- Axenic In Vitro Cultivation of Echinococcus multilocularis Metacestode Vesicles and the Generationof Primary Cell Cultures.- Culture of Exoerythrocytic Stages of the Malaria Parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax.- Modulation of Caspase Activation by Toxoplasma gondii.- Host Responses.- Introduction: Host Responses.- Fungal and Bacterial Killing by Neutrophils.- Endothelial Cell Stimulation by Candida albicans.- Models of Oral and Vaginal Candidiasis Based on In Vitro Reconstituted Human Epithelia for the Study of Host-Pathogen Interactions.- Phagocytosis of Candida albicans by RNAi-Treated Drosophila S2 Cells.- Oral Mucosal Cell Response to Candida albicans in Transgenic Mice Expressing HIV-1.- Proteomic Profiling of Serologic Response to Candida albicans During Host-Commensal and Host-Pathogen Interactions.