Immune response to the Chlamydia trachomatis outer membrane protein PorB

Vaccine

Volumn 22, Issue 31-32, 2004, Pages 4282-4286

  Kawa, Diane E ^a   Schachter, Julius ^a   Stephens, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen; Chlamydia; Outer membrane protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; FREUND ADJUVANT; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN PORB; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RABBIT; SEROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; PORINS;

EID: 4944232957     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.04.035     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. J.T. Grayston, M.B. Aldous, and A. Easton Evidence that Chlamydia pneumoniae causes pneumonia and bronchitis J Infect Dis. 168 1993 1231 1235
2. P. Saikku, M. Leinonen, and K. Mattila Serological evidence of an association of a novel Chlamydia, TWAR, with chronic coronary heart disease and acute myocardial infarction Lancet 2 1988 983 986
3. J.T. Grayston Background and current knowledge of Chlamydia pneumoniae and atherosclerosis J Infect Dis. 181 Suppl 3 2000 S402 S410
4. J.T. Grayston, S.P. Wang, L.J. Yeh, and C.C. Kuo Importance of reinfection in the pathogenesis of trachoma Rev Infect Dis. 7 1985 717 725
5. R.S. Stephens, S. Kalman, and C. Lammel Genome sequence of an obligate intracellular pathogen of humans: Chlamydia trachomatis Science 282 1998 754 759
6. S. Kalman, W. Mitchell, and R. Marathe Comparative genomes of Chlamydia pneumoniae and C. trachomatis Nat Genet. 21 1999 385 389
7. A. Kubo, and R.S. Stephens Characterization and functional analysis of PorB, a Chlamydia porin and neutralizing target Mol. Microbiol. 38 2000 772 780
8. D.E. Kawa, and R.S. Stephens Antigenic topology of chlamydial PorB protein and identification of targets for immune neutralization of infectivity J Immunol. 168 2002 5184 5191
9. G.I. Byrne, R.S. Stephens, and G. Ada Workshop on in vitro neutralization of Chlamydia trachomatis: summary of proceedings J Infect Dis. 168 1993 415 420
10. L. Plamann, Y. Li, B. Cantwell, and J. Mayor The Myxococcus xanthus asgA gene encodes a novel signal transduction protein required for multicellular development J. Bacteriol. 177 1995 2014 2020
11. W.J. Newhall, B. Batteiger, and R.B. Jones Analysis of the human serological response to proteins of Chlamydia trachomatis Infect Immun. 38 1982 1181 1189
12. J. Schachter Overview of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and the requirements for a vaccine Rev Infect Dis. 7 1985 713 716
13. R.C. Brunham, D.J. Zhang, X. Yang, and G.M. McClarty The potential for vaccine development against chlamydial infection and disease J. Infect. Dis. 181 Suppl 3 2000 S538 S543
14. J.U. Igietseme, C.M. Black, and H.D. Caldwell Chlamydia vaccines: strategies and status BioDrugs. 16 2002 19 35
15. R.C. Brunham, and R.W. Peeling Chlamydia trachomatis antigens: role in immunity and pathogenesis Infect Agents Dis. 3 1994 218 233
16. R.S. Stephens, E.A. Wagar, and G.K. Schoolnik High-resolution mapping of serovar-specific and common antigenic determinants of the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis J Exp Med. 167 1988 817 831
17. W. Baehr, Y.X. Zhang, and T. Joseph Mapping antigenic domains expressed by Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein genes Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 85 1988 4000 4004
18. Y.X. Zhang, S. Stewart, T. Joseph, H.R. Taylor, and H.D. Caldwell Protective monoclonal antibodies recognize epitopes located on the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia trachomatis J Immunol. 138 1987 575 581
19. R.C. Brunham, F.A. Plummer, and R.S. Stephens Bacterial antigenic variation, host immune response, and pathogen-host coevolution Infect Immun. 61 1993 2273 2276
20. G. Zhong, G.P. Smith, J. Berry, and R.C. Brunham Conformational mimicry of a chlamydial neutralization epitope on filamentous phage J. Biol. Chem. 269 1994 24183 24188
21. J. Fan, and R.S. Stephens Antigen conformation dependence of Chlamydia trachomatis infectivity neutralization J. Infect. Dis. 176 1997 713 721
22. E.A. Wagar, J. Schachter, P. Bavoil, and R.S. Stephens Differential human serologic response to two 60,000 molecular weight Chlamydia trachomatis antigens J Infect Dis. 162 1990 922 927
23. T. Moore, C.O. Ekworomadu, and F.O. Eko Fc receptor-mediated antibody regulation of T cell immunity against intracellular pathogens J Infect Dis. 188 2003 617 624