Modeling the transcriptome of genital tract epithelial cells and macrophages in healthy mucosa versus mucosa inflamed by Chlamydia muridarum infection
Johnson RM, Kerr MS. Modeling the transcriptome of genital tract epithelial cells and macrophages in healthy mucosa versus mucosa inflamed by Chlamydia muridarum infection. Pathogens And Disease 2015, 73: ftv100. PMID: 26519447, PMCID: PMC4732027, DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftv100.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial cellsLineage-specific differencesGene expression microarray technologyExpression microarray technologyBone marrow-derived macrophagesMarrow-derived macrophagesAdaptive immunityReproductive tract epitheliumCell line responsePrincipal cell typesMicroarray technologyIntracellular bacteriaChlamydia-specific T cellsGenital tract epithelial cellsCell typesBacterial replicationChlamydia muridarum infectionMHC class II moleculesEpithelial requirementTract epithelial cellsClass II moleculesInnate defenseHost defenseCoinhibitory ligandsInflamed/