The cellular paradigm of chlamydial pathogenesis

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-51

  Stephens, Richard S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; INFLAMMATION; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037233027     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(02)00011-2     Document Type: Review

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