Bacterial-Epithelial Cell Cross-Talk

Beth A. McCormick is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology at Harvard Medical School and the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Massachusetts General Hospital.

• Part I. Introduction to the Host and Bacterial Pathogens: 1. Overview of the epithelial cell W. Vallen Graham and Jerrold R. Turner; 2. Evolution of bacterial pathogens Anthony Maurelli; Part II. Bacterial Cell Biology and Pathogenesis: 3. Bacterial secretion systems Helen J. Betts, Christopher M. Bailey, Mark J. Pallen and Ian Henderson; 4. Pathogen-associated molecular patterns and host detection Matam Vijay-Kumar and Andrew Gewirtz; 5. Flagella regulation and its secretion system Glenn Young; 6. The role of bacterial adhesion in bacterial pathogenesis Christof Hauck; 7. The role of bacterial toxins in bacterial pathogenesis Joseph Barbieri; Part III. Host Cell Signaling by Bacteria: 8. Host-mediated invasion Brit Winnen and Wolf-Detrich Hardt; 9. NF- kB dependent pathways Bobby Cherayil; 10. NF- kB independent pathways Beth A. McCormick and Randall J. Mrsny; Part IV. Exploitation of Host Niches by Pathogenic Bacteria: Mechanisms and Consequences: 11. Lung infections Marisa I. Gómez and Alice Prince; 12. Interactions of Helicobacter pylori with the gastric mucosa D. Scott Merrell; 13. Interactions of enteric bacteria with the intestinal mucosa Samuel Tesfay, Donnie Edward Shifflett and Gail Hecht; 14. Uropathogenic bacteria Luce Landraud, René Clément and Patrice Boquet.