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Effects of CD14, TLR2, TLR4, LPB, and IL-6 gene polymorphisms on Chlamydia pneumoniae growth in human macrophages in vitro.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Jul 2009
Poikonen K, Lajunen T, Silvennoinen-Kassinen S, Leinonen M, Saikku P
Abstract excerpt
Chlamydia pneumoniae is an obligate intracellular gram-negative bacterium, which causes respiratory infections in humans. It can infect various cell types, e.g. vascular endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells and monocyte-derived macrophages in vitro. The susceptibility of macrophages from healthy individuals to C. pneumoniae infection is highly variable. In this study, we evaluated the effects of innate immunity...
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