Involvement of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) in the pathogenesis of hydrosalpinx induced by Chlamydia trachomatis infection

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 923-930

  Ajonuma, Louis Chukwuemeka ^b,d   Chan, Paul Kay Sheung ^c   Ng, Ernest Hung Yu ^d   Fok, Kin Lam ^b   Wong, Connie Hau Yan ^b   Tsang, Lai Ling ^b   Tang, Xiao Xiao ^b   Ho, Lok Sze ^b   Lau, Miu Ching ^b   Chung, Chin Man ^b   He, Qiong ^b   Huang, Hong Yi ^e   Yang, Dong Zi ^e   Rowlands, Dewi Kenneth ^b   Chung, Yiu Wa ^b   Chan, Hsiao Chang ^a,b,f  

^a Department of Physiology ^*

^b Epithelial Cell Biology Research Center

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CFTR; Chlamydia trachomatis; Hydrosalpinx fluid; Infection; Infertility

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HYDROSALPINX; INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ULTRASOUND; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 55649104483     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00826.x     Document Type: Article

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