Synovial Chlamydia trachomatis up regulates expression of a panel of genes similar to that transcribed by Mycobacterium tuberculosis during persistent infection

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-327

  Gerard H C ^a   Whittum Hudson, J A ^a   Schumacher, H R ^b   Hudson, A P ^a,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL GROWTH; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SYNOVIUM;

ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33144471878     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.042226     Document Type: Article

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