Male rodent genital tract infection with chlamydia muridarum: Persistence in the prostate gland that triggers self-immune reactions in genetically susceptible hosts

Journal of Urology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1100-1106

  MacKern Oberti, Juan Pablo ^a   Motrich, Ruben Dario ^a   Breser, Maria Laura ^a   Cejas, Hugo ^b   Cuffini, Cecilia ^b   MacCioni, Mariana ^a   Rivero, Virginia Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; Chlamydia trachomatis; prostate; prostatitis; Rodentia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROSTATE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETICALLY SUSCEPTIBLE HOST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; RAT; SPERM;

EID: 80051515392     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.04.086     Document Type: Article

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