Intrauterine infection with plasmid-free Chlamydia muridarum reveals a critical role of the plasmid in chlamydial ascension and establishes a model for evaluating plasmid-independent pathogenicity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2583-2592

  Chen, Jianlin ^a,b   Yang, Zhangsheng ^a   Sun, Xin ^a,b   Tang, Lingli ^a,b   Ding, Yiling ^b   Xue, Min ^b   Zhou, Zhiguang ^b   Baseman, Joel ^a   Zhong, Guangming ^a  

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

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROSALPINX; INFLAMMATION; INOCULATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELL LINE; IMMUNOLOGY; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UTERUS DISEASE;

CYTOKINE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PLASMIDS; TRANSCRIPTOME; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 84929485957     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00353-15     Document Type: Article

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