Immunological Aspects of Infectious Diseases

Immunological synapses in infectious diseases.

Rodrigo Siqueira-Batista1, Mauro Geller2 and Andréia Patrícia Gomes3 1Professor of Internal Medicine, Neuroscience and Immunology/Microbiology, Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos (UNIFESO); 2Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos (UNIFESO); Coordinator of Genodermatosis, Genetic Services, Instituto Puericultura e Pediatria Martagão Gesteira (IPPMG), F...

Immunological Aspects of Gastrointestinal Diseases

Psychiatric Aspects of Infectious Diseases

Psychiatric symptoms can be associated with several systemic and central nervous system infections and they can be the initial presenting symptoms, occurring in the absence of neurological symptoms in some disorders as in some cases of viral encephalitis. They could also be part of the clinical picture in other cases such as psychosis or mood symptoms secondary to brucellosis or toxoplasmosis. ...

Immunological aspects of age-related diseases

The proportion of elderly people rises in the developed countries. The increased susceptibility of the elderly to infectious diseases is caused by immune dysfunction, especially T cell functional decline. Age-related hematopoietic stem cells deviate from lymphoid lineage to myeloid lineage. Thymus shrinks early in life, which is followed by the decline of naïve T cells. T-cell receptor repertoi...

Immunological Basis of Neurological Diseases

Clinical neurology has been traditionally considered as an academic speciality in which the specialist regurgitates his/her knowledge of neurology without being able to do much for the patient. This attitude is no longer acceptable. Surge of information and discoveries in neurosciences within the last two decades translated into therapeutic interventions which is literally life saving in some o...