Cytokine gene polymorphism and Chlamydia trachomatis-specific immune responses

Human Immunology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-282

  Ohman H ^a   Tiitinen, A ^b   Halttunen, M ^b   Paavonen, J ^b   Surcel, H M ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; Chlamydia trachomatis; Genetic polymorphism; IFN ; IL 10

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; INTERLEUKIN 10; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NUCLEOTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IFNG GENE; IL 10 GENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUPERNATANT; TNF GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 79651468824     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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