Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in mice induces chronic lung inflammation, iBALT formation, and fibrosis.

Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in mice induces chronic lung inflammation, iBALT formation, and fibrosis.

Chlamydia pneumoniae (CP) lung infection can induce chronic lung inflammation and is associated with not only acute asthma but also COPD exacerbations. However, in mouse models of CP infection, most studies have investigated specifically the acute phase of the infection and not the longer-term chron...

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Main Authors: Madhulika Jupelli, Kenichi Shimada, Norika Chiba, Anatoly Slepenkin, Randa Alsabeh, Heather D Jones, Ellena Peterson, Shuang Chen, Moshe Arditi, Timothy R Crother
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3808399?pdf=render

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