Influenza Pathogenesis and Control - Volume II (eBook)

Richard W. Compans is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Scientific Director of Influenza Pathogenesis and Immunology Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA and series editor and volume editor of several successful volumes of Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. Michael B.A. Oldstone is a professor at the Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA and series editor and volume editor of several successful volumes of Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology.

Part I: Innate immunity  The role of cytokine responses during influenza virus pathogenesis and potential therapeutic optionsJohn R. Teijaro Innate immune sensing and response to influenza  Mohan S. Maddur and Bali Pulendran The NS1 protein: a multitasking virulence factor  Juan Ayllon and Adolfo Garcia-Sastre Role of NK cells in influenza infection  Stacey Shultz-Cherry Host detection and the stealthy phenotype in influenza virus infectionPradyot Dash and Paul G. Thomas  Part II: Vaccines and adaptive immunity Inactivated and adjuvanted influenza vaccinesGiuseppe Del Giudice and Rino Rappuoli Live attenuated influenza vaccineHong Jin and Kanta Subbarao Design of alternative live attenuated influenza virus vaccinesCourtney Finch, Weizhong Li and Daniel R. Perez Rapid production of synthetic influenza vaccinesPhilip R. Dormitzer Influenza neuraminidase as a vaccine antigenMaryna C. Eichelberger and Hongquan Wan Advances in universal influenza virus vaccine design and antibody mediated therapies based on conserved regions of the hemagglutininFlorian Krammer, Peter Palese and John Steel Structural characterization of epitopes recognized by broadly cross-reactive antibodiesPeter S. Lee and Ian A. Wilson Skin immunization with influenza vaccinesIoanna Skountzou and Richard W. Compans Mucosal immunization and adjuvants  Hideki Hasegawa, Elly van Reit and Hiroshi Kida B cell responses to infection and vaccination Christopher Chiu, Ali Ellebedy, Jens Wrammert and Rafi Ahmed  Memory CD4 T cells in influenzaKyra D. Zens and Donna L. Farber The effector T cell response to influenza infectionMatthew M. Hufford, Taeg S. Kim, Jie Sun and Thomas J. Braciale  Part III: New antiviral discovery Antiviral Effects of Inhibiting Host Gene Expression Ralph A. Tripp and S. Mark Tompkins