Chlamydia pneumoniae hides inside apoptotic neutrophils to silently infect and propagate in macrophages.

Chlamydia pneumoniae hides inside apoptotic neutrophils to silently infect and propagate in macrophages.

BACKGROUND: Intracellular pathogens have developed elaborate strategies for silent infection of preferred host cells. Chlamydia pneumoniae is a common pathogen in acute infections of the respiratory tract (e.g. pneumonia) and associated with chronic lung sequelae in adults and children. Within the l...

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Main Authors: Jan Rupp, Lisa Pfleiderer, Christiane Jugert, Sonja Moeller, Matthias Klinger, Klaus Dalhoff, Werner Solbach, Steffen Stenger, Tamas Laskay, Ger van Zandbergen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2695784?pdf=render

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