Characterization of host immunity during persistent vaginal colonization by Group B Streptococcus

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1339-1348

  Patras, K A ^a   Rosler B ^a   Thoman, M L ^b   Doran, K S ^a,c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 36GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN 6; KERATINOCYTE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; MURINE MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINITIS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

EID: 84939474013     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: 19353456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2015.23     Document Type: Article

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