Microbial Modulation of Host Apoptosis and Pyroptosis

• Main Author: Amal O. Amer (auth)
• Other Authors: Yongqun He (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: microbial infection; pyroptosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; bacterial exploitation of apoptosis; Brucella; Infectious Disease; Inflammasome; Legionella; programmed cell death; Apoptosis
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Infectious disease is the result of an interactive relationship between a microbial pathogen and its host. In this interaction both the host and the pathogen attempt to manipulate each other using a complex network to maximize their respective survival probabilities. Programmed host cell death is a...