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Chlamydia
Study findings on chlamydia are outlined in reports from University of Manitoba
November 13th, 2008
According to recent research from Winnipeg, Canada, "We previously showed an important role of natural killer T cells (NKT) in skewing the adaptive T cell immunity to Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn), an intracellular bacterial lung infection, but the mechanism remains unclear. To investigate the underlying mechanism by which NKT modulate T cell responses in chlamydial pneumonia." "We examined the effect of NKT activation in modulating DC function, especially in generating protective immunity against Cpn infection using combination of NKT knockout (KO) mice and specific NKT activation approaches. We found that NKT activation in vivo after Cpn infection induces phenotypic and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-11-13)
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