Innate immunity in the male genital tract: Chlamydia trachomatis induces keratinocyte-derived chemokine production in prostate, seminal vesicle and epididymis/vas deferens primary cultures

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-316

  Mackern Oberti, Juan Pablo ^a   Maccioni, Mariana ^a   Breser, Maria Laura ^a   Eley, Adrian ^b   Miethke, Thomas ^c   Rivero, Virginia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR AGONIST;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPERNATANT; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINES; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 79951925554     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.024877-0     Document Type: Article

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