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Interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-12 responses to Chlamydia trachomatis infection in adolescents.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Dec 2005
Wang C, Tang J, Crowley-Nowick P A, Wilson C M, Kaslow R A, Geisler W M
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Chlamydia trachomatis infects epithelial cells at the mucosal surface. While in vitro and animal studies have shown changes in mucosal T(H)1-associated cytokines in the presence of C. trachomatis infection and with its progression to the upper genital tract or clearance, in vivo cytokine responses to chlamydial infection in humans are not well understood. Using a quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay...
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