Chlamydia pneumoniae infection of the central nervous system worsens experimental allergic encephalitis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1639-1644

  Du, Caigan ^a   Yao, Song Yi ^a   Ljunggren Rose, Åsa ^a   Sriram, Subramaniam ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Bystander activation; Chlamydia; Demyelination; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGEN; FLUOROPHENICOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0037122013     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20020393     Document Type: Article

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