Plasmid-encoded Pgp5 is a significant contributor to Chlamydia muridarum induction of hydrosalpinx

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Huang, Yumeng ^a,b   Zhang, Qi ^a,b   Yang, Zhangsheng ^a   Conrad, Turner ^a   Liu, Yuanjun ^a,c   Zhong, Guangming ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; PLASMID ENCODED PGP5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENERAL PATHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROSALPINX; IN FRAME DELETION; IN VITRO STUDY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PATHOGENESIS; PGP5 GENE; PLAQUE SIZE; PREMATURE STOP CODON; STOP CODON; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; FALLOPIAN TUBE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID;

CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; MUS;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84928664180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124840     Document Type: Article

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