Interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-12 responses to Chlamydia trachomatis infection in adolescents

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 548-554

  Wang, C ^a   Tang, J ^b   Crowley Nowick, P A ^d   Wilson, C M ^b,c   Kaslow, R A ^b,c   Geisler, William M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d Berlex Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Cytokines interleukins; Helper T cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DNA; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TH1 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CERVIX UTERI; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-2; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 28344438910     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2005.02946.x     Document Type: Article

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