Chlamydia trachomatis induces expression of IFN-γ-inducible protein 10 and IFN-β independent of TLR2 and TLR4, but largely dependent on MyD88

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 450-460

  Nagarajan, Uma M ^a,b   Ojcius, David M ^c,d   Stahl, Lynn ^c,d   Rank, Roger G ^b   Darville, Toni ^a,b  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 3; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSOME; EX VIVO STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GENE TRANSLOCATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 21244454371     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.1.450     Document Type: Article

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