Caspase-1 contributes to Chlamydia trachomatis-induced upper urogenital tract inflammatory pathologies without affecting the course of infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 515-522

  Cheng, Wen ^a,b   Shivshankar, Pooja ^a   Li, Zhongyu ^a,b   Chen, Lili ^a   Yeh, I Tien ^a   Zhong, Guangming ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b Central South University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; UTERINE TUBE;

ANIMALS; CASPASE 1; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, KNOCKOUT; UTERUS;

EID: 39149120284     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01064-07     Document Type: Article

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