TLR4 in chlamydia trachomatis infections: Knockout mice, STD patients and women with tubal factor subfertility

Drugs of Today

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. B, 2009, Pages 75-82

  Den Hartog, J E ^a   Lyons, J M ^b   Ouburg, S ^c   Fennema, J S A ^d   De Vries, H J C ^d,e,f   Bruggeman, C A ^d   Ito, J I ^b   Pena A S ^c   Land, J A ^a,g   Morre S A ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Amsterdam Health Service   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REINFECTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 71249112746     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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