Chlamydiae and polymorphonuclear leukocytes: Unlikely allies in the spread of chlamydial infection

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-113

  Rank, Roger G ^a   Whittimore, Judy ^b   Bowlin, Anne K ^a   Dessus Babus, Sophie ^b   Wyrick, Priscilla B ^b  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Conjunctiva; Guinea pigs; Neutrophils; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA CAVIAE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOCAL ADHESION; GUINEA PIG; HEMIDESMOSOME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, INCLUSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEUTROPHILS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51349139187     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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