Chlamydia trachomatis infection modulates trophoblast cytokine/chemokine production

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3735-3745

  De La Torre, Eugenia ^a,b   Mulla, Melissa J ^a   Yu, Andrew G ^a   Lee, Seung Joon ^a,c   Kavathas, Paula B ^a   Abrahams, Vikki M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Edifici CReSA ^*  (Spain)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RANTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL SECRETION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HELA CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CHEMOKINES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 62249168492     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0800764     Document Type: Article

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