Chlamydia muridarum-specific CD4 T-cell clones recognize infected reproductive tract epithelial cells in an interferon-dependent fashion

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4469-4479

  Jayarapu, Krupakar ^a   Kerr, Micah S ^a   Katschke, Adrian ^a   Johnson, Raymond M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 70349436038     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00491-09     Document Type: Article

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