Eosinophil Ultrastructure

Rossana Melo is a Professor of Cell Biology and Principal Investigator at Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Brazil. She earned her MSc and PhD degrees in Cell Biology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, and received postdoctoral training from Harvard Medical School, USA. Rossana Melo serves on a number of research committees and programs and has been a distinct Brazilian Researcher at the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico –CNPq (National Research Council). She is the leader of the Cell Biology Research Group (UFJF/CNPq) and a visiting Scientist/Professor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard University. Her areas of interest and expertise include cellular mechanisms involved in inflammation and infectious diseases, intracellular transport, cell secretion and advanced electron microscopic techniques. Ann M. Dvorak is Professor of Pathology and Specialist in Cell Ultrastructure at Harvard Medical School in the USA. Peter F. Weller is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Co-Chief, Infectious Disease Division; Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.

SECTION I - THE CELL BIOLOGY OF HUMAN EOSINOPHILS 1. Introduction 2. Mature Eosinophils – General Morphology 3. Eosinophils as Secretory Cells 4. Eosinophil Activation 5. Subcellular Localization of Immune Mediators and other Proteins 6. Eosinophil Cell Death 7. Immature Eosinophils

SECTION II - EOSINOPHILS IN HUMAN DISEASES 8. Eosinophil-associated diseases

SECTION III - THE CELL BIOLOGY OF MOUSE EOSINOPHILS 9. Ultrastructure of Mouse Eosinophils