Modulation of cytokines and transcription factors (T-Bet and GATA3) in CD4 enriched cervical cells of Chlamydia trachomatis infected fertile and infertile women upon stimulation with chlamydial inclusion membrane proteins B and C

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

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

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIAL INCLUSION MEMBRANE PROTEIN B; CHLAMYDIAL INCLUSION MEMBRANE PROTEIN C; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GATA3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX21; T-BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX21;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILE PERIOD; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFERTILITY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE CERVIX; VIROLOGY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-23; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; INTERLEUKIN-6; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 70049102140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-84     Document Type: Article

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