Chlamydia trachomatis infection and anti-Hsp60 immunity: The two sides of the coin

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Cappello, Francesco ^a,b   De Macario, Everly Conway ^c   Di Felice, Valentina ^a   Zummo, Giovanni ^a   Macario, Alberto J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Istituto Euro Mediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia IEMEST   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CHAPERONIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTHRITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL STRESS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MITOCHONDRION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; THYROIDITIS; TUMOR; VASCULITIS; ANIMAL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS;

EID: 70049113973     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000552     Document Type: Review

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