Pregnancy, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) and chlamydial abortion: An unresolved paradox

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 98-102

  Entrican, Gary ^a   Wattegedera, Sean ^a   Rocchi, Mara ^a   Wheelhouse, Nicholas ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila abortus; Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase; Infectious abortion; Pregnancy; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; TRYPTOPHAN METABOLISM;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MICE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRYPTOPHAN;

CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; MUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 61749084495     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.028     Document Type: Article

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