Host immune responses to chlamydial inclusion membrane proteins B and C in Chlamydia trachomatis infected women with or without fertility disorders

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gupta, Rishein ^a   Srivastava, Pragya ^a   Vardhan, Harsh ^a   Salhan, Sudha ^a   Mittal, Aruna ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CD79B ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INCLUSION MEMBRANE PROTEIN B; INCLUSION MEMBRANE PROTEIN C; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE CERVIX; VIRULENCE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 67650065440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-38     Document Type: Article

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