Our body is not sterile and harbors enumerable microflora that are now being understood to play a complex role in immune regulation and shaping of the immune system in a continuous and dynamic way. In 8 chapters, Microbial Crosstalk with Immune System: New Insights in Therapeutics provides an overall introduction with special focus on how the immune system which is specifically geared to get rid of non-self-antigens, allows numerous microbes to colonize the human body. In the presence of microbes there are several observations that suggest that there are multiple roles that are played by these microbes in tumor progression and shaping of our immune system which is explained at length in subsequent chapters.
Microbial Crosstalk with Immune System: New Insights in Therapeutics discusses the emerging mechanisms of immune-therapeutics as well as its limitations while emphasizing the potential role of microbes in shaping immune-therapeutic and evolving novel strategies to deal with any limitations.
1. Chapter 1 : Introduction - p. Page ix 2. Chapter 2 : Significance of the normal microflora of the body - p. Page 14 3. Chapter 3 : Immunological paradox for maintaining normal flora: it is all by design, not by chance - p. Page 35 4. Chapter 4 : Cancer prognosis and immune system - p. Page 61 5. Chapter 5 : Human microbiota: role in cancer progression and therapy - p. Page 112 6. Chapter 6 : Microflora impacts immune system and its antitumor function - p. Page 164 7. Chapter 7 : Cancer therapeutics and gut microflora - p. Page 199 8. Chapter 8 : Missing rungs in cancer therapeutics and strategies to climb them - p. Page 226 9. Index - p. Page 251
Our body is not sterile and harbors enumerable microflora that are now being understood to play a complex role in immune regulation and shaping of the immune system in a continuous and dynamic way. In 8 chapters, Microbial Crosstalk with Immune System: New Insights in Therapeutics provides an overall introduction with special focus on how the immune system which is specifically geared to get rid of non-self-antigens, allows numerous microbes to colonize the human body. In the presence of microbes there are several observations that suggest that there are multiple roles that are played by these microbes in tumor progression and shaping of our immune system which is explained at length in subsequent chapters.
Microbial Crosstalk with Immune System: New Insights in Therapeutics discusses the emerging mechanisms of immune-therapeutics as well as its limitations while emphasizing the potential role of microbes in shaping immune-therapeutic and evolving novel strategies to deal with any limitations.
1. Chapter 1 : Introduction - p. Page ix 2. Chapter 2 : Significance of the normal microflora of the body - p. Page 14 3. Chapter 3 : Immunological paradox for maintaining normal flora: it is all by design, not by chance - p. Page 35 4. Chapter 4 : Cancer prognosis and immune system - p. Page 61 5. Chapter 5 : Human microbiota: role in cancer progression and therapy - p. Page 112 6. Chapter 6 : Microflora impacts immune system and its antitumor function - p. Page 164 7. Chapter 7 : Cancer therapeutics and gut microflora - p. Page 199 8. Chapter 8 : Missing rungs in cancer therapeutics and strategies to climb them - p. Page 226 9. Index - p. Page 251
