Epigenetics of Infectious Diseases

Walter Doerfler, Josep Casadesús (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

VIII, 277 Seiten

2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-55019-0 (ISBN)

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The present volume of Epigenetics and Human Health is devoted to the patho-epigenetics of viral and microbial infections, an exiting new field of disease-related epigenetic research. As recognized during the past years, epigenetic reprogramming of pathogen and host genome functions - the latter frequently induced by pathogens - plays an important role in many infectious processes. Beyond their immediate relevance for pathogen proliferation and obligatorily associated symptoms, such alterations frequently contribute to severe additional complications, such as the development of immunodeficiency, cancer and various chronic disorders. This holds in particular for epigenetic dysregulation of host gene expression induced by latent infections. The present book summarizes current knowledge of the mechanisms underlying epigenetic changes caused by viral, bacterial, fungal and protozoan infections and their impact on human health.

DNA Methylation of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Genomes During Infection and Cancer Progression.- Epigenetic regulation of gammaherpesviruses: A focus on Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV-8).- Discoveries in molecular genetics with the Adenovirus 12 system: Integration of viral DNA and epigenetic consequences.- Epigenetic consequences of Epstein-Barr virus infection.- Epigenetic Programming by Microbial Pathogens and Impacts on Acute and Chronic Disease.- Crosstalk between bacteria and the host epigenetic machinery.- Epigenetic phase variation in bacterial pathogens.- Epigenetic switching in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans.- Modification of the host epigenome by parasitic protists.- Epigenetic regulation in T. brucei: Changing coats is a chance to survive.- Epigenetics of malaria parasites.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.06.2017
Reihe/Serie	Epigenetics and Human Health
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 277 p. 22 illus., 14 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	596 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
Themenwelt	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Humangenetik
Schlagworte	Bacterial Infections • Biomedical and Life Sciences • Cancer Research • Human genetics • infected viral genomes • integrated viral genomes • medical genetics • Medical Microbiology • Medical microbiology & virology • Medical microbiology & virology • medical parasitology • Medical Research • Oncology • Parasitic protozoa • Parasitology • protist infections • Virology • virus-induced tumor cells
ISBN-10	3-319-55019-5 / 3319550195
ISBN-13	978-3-319-55019-0 / 9783319550190
Zustand	Neuware