Primary cultures of female swine genital epithelial cells in vitro: A new approach for the study of hormonal modulation of chlamydia infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4700-4710

  Guseva, Natalia V ^a   Knight, Stephen T ^b   Whittimore, Judy D ^a   Wyrick, Priscilla B ^a,b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ESTROGEN; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONAL REGULATION; MODEL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; PROGESTERONE; SUS SCROFA; UTERUS;

EID: 0042264959     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.8.4700-4710.2003     Document Type: Article

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