Evidence for Gardnerella vaginalis uptake and internalization by squamous vaginal epithelial cells: Implications for the pathogenesis of bacterial vaginosis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 500-508

  Marrs, Christy N ^a   Knobel, Susan M ^a   Zhu, Wen Qin ^a   Sweet, Stephanie D ^a   Chaudhry, Ahsen R ^a   Alcendor, Donald J ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Cytochalasin D; Gardnerella vaginalis; Internalization

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN D; VIMENTIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CELL INVASION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA INFECTION; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERNALIZATION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CRISPATUS;

EID: 84860470178     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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