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Chlamydia
Studies from University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department have provided new information about chlamydia
June 4th, 2009
"We sought to determine whether Chlamydia pneumoniae impairs invasive trophoblast function and is associated with preeclampsia. We conducted cell viability and invasion assays using primary extravillous trophoblast cells isolated from first-trimester placentas," scientists in the United States report. "We performed a case-control study to identify C pneumoniae in trophoblast cells dissected by laser capture microscopy from placentas in women with severe preeclampsia and control subjects who delivered at term. Trophoblast cell viability and invasion through extracellular matrices were decreased after infection with C pneumoniae (both P< .05). C pneumoniae DNA was...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-04)
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