Interaction of Chlamydia trachomatis serovar E with male genital tract epithelium results in secretion of proinflammatory cytokines

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1025-1032

  Al Mously, Najwa ^a   Eley, Adrian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROSTATITIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SUPERNATANT; URETHRA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROSTATE; TIME FACTORS; URETHRA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 34547875008     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47241-0     Document Type: Article

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