Vascular Responses to Pathogens

Vascular Responses to Pathogens focuses on the growing research from leaders in the field for both the short and long-term impact of pathogens on the vasculature. It discusses various organisms, including bacteria, parasites, and viruses, and their role in key events leading to vascular disease.

Formatted to discuss the topic of the interaction of pathogens with the vascular rather than individual diseases described separately, this reference demonstrates that common mechanisms are at play in many different diseases because they have a similar context, their vasculature.

This all-inclusive reference book is a must-have tool for researchers and practicing clinicians in the areas of vascular biology, microvasculature, cardiology, and infectious disease.

Covers a wide spectrum of organisms and provides analysis of pathogens and current therapeutic strategies in the context of their vasculatureProvides detailed perspectives on key components contributing to vascular pathogens from leaders in the fieldInterfaces between both vascular biology and microbiology by encompassing information on how pathogens affect both macro and microvasculatureIncludes coverage of the clinical aspects of sepsis and current therapeutic strategies and anti-sepsis drugs

Chapter 1: Overview
Chapter 2: Sepsis
Chapter 3: Neutrophil Mediated Vascular Host Defense
Chapter 4: Platelet-Bacteria Crosstalk
Chapter 5: Mechanisms of bacterial interaction with cells of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
Chapter 6: Vascular Responses to Chlamydia Pneumoniae Infection
Chapter 7: Bartonella Species and Vascular Pathology
Chapter 8: Periodontal Innate Immune Mechanisms Relevant to Atherosclerosis
Chapter 9: H. Pylori
Chapter 10: Vascular Responses to Pathogens: Rickettsia
Chapter 11: Herpes Viruses
Chapter 12: HIV/Antiretrovirals
Chapter 13: Viral Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Mechanisms of Cardiac Injury, Inflammation and Fibrosis
Chapter 14: Viruses responsible for Hemorrhagic fevers
Chapter 15: Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas disease: Innate immunity, ROS, and Cardiovascular System
Chapter 16: Endothelial cells as Targets of the intravascular parasitic disease Schistosomiasis
Chapter 17: Vascular responses in Human Lymphatic Filariasis
Chapter 18: The Treatment of Sepsis: From Failed Therapies to New Possibilities