Production of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Interleukin 6 by Human Smooth Muscle Cells following Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae

Chlamydia pneumoniae infection has been associated with asthma and atherosclerosis. Smooth muscle cells represent host cells for chlamydiae during chronic infection. In this study we demonstrated that C. pneumoniae infection of human smooth muscle cells in vitro increased production of interleukin 6...

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Main Authors: Rödel, Jürgen, Woytas, Marcus, Groh, Annemarie, Schmidt, Karl-Hermann, Hartmann, Matthias, Lehmann, Marc, Straube, Eberhard
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2000
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Host Response and Inflammation
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC97653/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10816522
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