Microbial Endocrinology

1. Microbial Endocrinology: A Personal Journey

Mark Lyte

2. Evolutionary Considerations of Neurotransmitters in Microbial, Plant, and Animal Cells
Victoria V. Roshchina

3. Mechanisms by Which Catecholamines Induce Growth in Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Human Pathogens
Primrose P. E. Freestone, Sara Sandrini

4. Dietary Catechols and their Relationship to Microbial Endocrinology
Neil Shearer, Nicholas J. Walton

5. Interactions Between Bacteria and the Gut Mucosa: Do Enteric Neurotransmitters Acting on the Mucosal Epithelium Influence Intestinal Colonization or Infection?
Benedict T. Green, David R. Brown

6. Modulation of the Interaction of Enteric Bacteria with Intestinal Mucosa by Stress-Related Catecholamines
Mark P. Stevens

7. The Role of Microbial Endocrinology in Periodontal Disease
Anthony Roberts

8. Staphylococci, Catecholamine Inotropes and Hospital-Acquired Infections
Primrose P. E. Freestone, Noura Al-Dayan, Mark Lyte

9. The Microbial Endocrinology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

John C. Alverdy, Kathleen Romanowski, Olga Zaborina, Alexander Zaborin

10. Mechanisms of Stress-Mediated Modulation of Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Cordula M. Stover

11. Psychological Stress, Immunity, and the Effects on Indigenous Microflora
Michael T. Bailey

12. The Epinephrine/Norepinephrine/Autoinducer-3 Interkingdom Signaling System in Escherichia coli O157:H7
Cristiano G. Moreira, Vanessa Sperandio

13. Molecular Profiling: Catecholamine Modulation of Gene Expression in Enteropathogenic Bacteria
Bradley L. Bearson, Scot E. Dowd

14. Microbial Signaling Compounds as Endocrine Effectors
Aruna Jahoor, Simon Williams, Kendra Rumbaugh

15. Mycologic Endocrinology
Karl V. Clemons, Jata Shankar, David A. Stevens

16. Experimental Design Considerations for In Vitro Microbial Endocrinology Investigations
Richard D. Haigh

Keywords: Biomedicine, Medical Microbiology, Immunology, Neurobiology, Infectious Diseases, Virology