Interleukin-17 contributes to generation of Th1 immunity and neutrophil recruitment during Chlamydia muridarum genital tract infection but is not required for macrophage influx or normal resolution of infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1349-1362

  Scurlock, Amy M ^a   Frazer, Lauren C ^b   Andrews Jr , Charles W ^c   O'Connell, Catherine M ^b   Foote, Isaac P ^a   Bailey, Sarabeth L ^a   Chandra Kuntal, Kumar ^b   Kolls, Jay K ^d   Darville, Toni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Milstead Pathology Group   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTERLEUKIN-17; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; OVIDUCTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH1 CELLS; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 79952300227     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00984-10     Document Type: Article

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