TABLE OF CONTENTS- Preface xxi- SECTION I: TOOLS AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES- 1. Current and Emerging Approaches to Studying Invasion- in Apicomplexan Parasites 1- Jeffrey Mital and Gary E. Ward- SECTION II: RECEPTOR-LIGAND INTERACTION- 2. Microneme Proteins in Apicomplexans 33- Vern B. Carruthers and Fiona M. Tomley- 3. Erythrocyte Invasion by Plasmodium falciparum:- Multiple Ligand-Receptor Interactions and Phenotypic Switching 46- Manoj T. Duraisingh, Tiffany DeSimone, Cameron Jennings,- Philippe Refour and Chenwei Wu- 4. Role of the gp85/Trans-Sialidase Superfamily of Glycoproteins- in the Interaction of Trypanosoma cruzi with Host Structures 58- Maria Júlia M. Alves and Walter Colli- SECTION III: SIGNALING PATHWAYS- 5. Calcium Regulation and Signaling in Apicomplexan Parasites 70- Kisaburo Nagamune, Silvia N. Moreno, Eduardo N. Chini- and L. David Sibley- 6. Trypanosoma cruzi: Parasite and Host Cell Signaling- during the Invasion Process 82- Nobuko Yoshida and Mauro Cortez- SECTION IV: ACTIN DYNAMICS: HOST AND PARASITE- 7. Host Cell Actin Remodeling in Response to Cryptosporidium 92- Steven P. O Hara, Aaron J. Small, Xian-Ming Chen- and Nicholas F. LaRusso- 8. Host Cell Actin Remodeling in Response to Trypanosoma cruzi:- Trypomastigote Versus Amastigote Entry 101- Renato A. Mortara, Walter K. Andreoli, Maria Cecília D.C. Fernandes,- Claudio V. da Silva, Adriana B. Fernandes, Carolina L Abbate,- and Solange da Silva- 9. Actin/Myosin-Based Gliding Motility in Apicomplexan Parasites 110- Kai Matuschewski and Herwig Schüler- SECTION V: PROTEASES- 10. Roles of Proteases during Invasion and Egress by Plasmodium- and Toxoplasma 121- Timothy J. Dowse, Konstantinos Koussis, Michael J. Blackman- and Dominique Soldati-Favre- 11. Roles of Naturally Occurring Protease Inhibitors in the Modulation- of Host Cell Signaling and Cellular Invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi 140- Julio Scharfstein and Ana Paula C.A. Lima- SECTION VI: THE PARASITOPHOROUS VACUOLE- 12. Biogenesis of and Activities at the Toxoplasma gondii- Parasitophorous Vacuole Membrane 155- Anthony P. Sinai- 13. The Role of Host Cell Lysosomes in Trypanosoma cruzi Invasion 165- G. Adam Mott and Barbara A. Burleigh- 14. Leishmania Invasion and Phagosome Biogenesis 174- Robert Lodge and Albert Descoteaux- SECTION VII: PENETRATING BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS- 15. Plasmodium Sporozoite Passage across the Sinusoidal- Cell Layer 182- Ute Frevert, Ivan Usynin, Kerstin Baer and Christian Klotz- 16. Transepithelial Migration by Toxoplasma 198- Antonio Barragan and Niclas Hitziger- 17. The Microsporidian Polar Tube and Its Role in Invasion 208- Frederic Delbac and Valerie Polonais- 18. Intestinal Invasion by Entamoeba histolytica 221- Shahram Solaymani-Mohammadi and William A. Petri, Jr.- Index 233
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Publisher(s): Springer, Berlin, Springer, New York
Discussed keywords: Biochemie
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Author(s): Harris, J. Robin - Biswas, B. B. - Quinn, P.