Host Phagocyte Interactions with Bacteria
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Immunological Responses and Immune Defense Mechanisms".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 15369
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As the Guest Editor of a Special Issue of Pathogens focused on host phagocyte interactions with bacteria, I invite you, as an expert in this field, to submit a manuscript for publication. This Special Issue will focus on interactions of bacterial pathogens with host phagocytes that have significant implications in bacterial persistence or clearance during human infections. This could include a wide range of activities and responses that promote antimicrobial defenses or conversely that allow bacteria to circumvent host protection. Our knowledge of host–pathogen interactions are constantly evolving. Novel mechanisms employed by host cells to eliminate bacterial pathogens and mechanisms to circumvent or exploit the host response by bacterial pathogens are continuously identified. We want to highlight new interactions that occur during infection and enrich our understanding of the interplay between host cells and pathogens.
We would like to invite the submission of original research, review articles, or short communications that report on recent progress to further expand our knowledge of these host–pathogen interactions.
Dr. Cory Robinson
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Bacterial pathogens
- Phagocytes
- Monocytes
- Macrophages
- Dendritic cells
- Neutrophils
- Granulocytes
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