Chlamydial and periodontal pathogens induce hepatic inflammation and fatty acid imbalance in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3442-3449

  Hyvärinen, Kati ^a   Tuomainen, Anita M ^a   Laitinen, Saara ^e   Bykov, Igor L ^b   Törmäkangas, Liisa ^b   Lindros, Kai ^b   Käkelä, Reijo ^f   Alfthan, Georg ^b   Salminen, Irma ^b   Jauhiainen, Matti ^a,b   Kovanen, Petri T ^c   Leinonen, Maija ^b   Saikku, Pekka ^d   Pussinen, Pirkko J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c WIHURI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e FINNISH RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; RNA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS INFECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FATTY ACIDS; HEPATITIS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICE; PASTEURELLACEAE; PASTEURELLACEAE INFECTIONS; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

EID: 67651230576     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00389-09     Document Type: Article

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