Protective or pathogenic immune response to genital chlamydial infection in women-A possible role of cytokine secretion profile of cervical mucosal cells

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 347-354

  Agrawal, T ^a   Gupta, R ^a   Dutta, R ^a   Srivastava, P ^a   Bhengraj, A R ^a   Salhan, S ^b   Mittal, Aruna ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL CAMPUS   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Cytokines; Fertility disorders; Mucosal immune response; Pathology

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX MUCOSA;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 59349083172     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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