Enhanced virulence of chlamydia muridarum respiratory infections in the absence of TLR2 activation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  He, Xianbao ^a   Nair, Anjali ^a   Mekasha, Samrawit ^a   Alroy, Joseph ^b   O'Connell, Catherine M ^c   Ingalls, Robin R ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RANTES; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TLR2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; MUS;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; PLASMIDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

EID: 79958812820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020846     Document Type: Article

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