Tumor necrosis factor alpha production from CD8+ T cells mediates oviduct pathological sequelae following primary genital Chlamydia muridarum Infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2928-2935

  Murthy, Ashlesh K ^a   Li, Weidang ^a   Chaganty, Bharat K R ^a   Kamalakaran, Sangamithra ^a   Guentzel, M Neal ^a   Seshu, J ^a   Forsthuber, Thomas G ^a   Zhong, Guangming ^b   Arulanandam, Bernard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PERFORIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROSALPINX; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL DEPLETION;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PERFORIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VAGINA;

EID: 79959443048     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05022-11     Document Type: Article

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