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ArticleClinical and experimental immunology2010

Ectopic lymphoid tissue formation in the lungs of mice infected with Chlamydia pneumoniae is associated with epithelial macrophage inflammatory protein-2/CXCL2 expression.

P M Fitch, N M Wheelhouse, P Bowles, M Paterson, D Longbottom, G Entrican, S E M Howie

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Article in Clinical and experimental immunology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

P M FitchUniversity of Edinburgh/MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, UK. pfitch@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
N M Wheelhouse
P Bowles
M Paterson
D Longbottom
G Entrican
S E M Howie
Centre for Inflammation Research · GBMoredun Research Institute · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cp) accounts for around 10% of community acquired bacterial pneumonia and has been associated with other chronic inflammatory conditions. We describe a C57/Bl6 murine model of Cp lung infection characterized by a dose-dependent, resolving neutrophilia followed by lymphocytic infiltration of the lungs. By 21 days post-infection, mice exhibit a T helper type 1 (Th1) polarized serum antibody response with local mucosal antibody secretion and organization of ectopic lymphoid tissue which persisted in the absence of detectable Cp DNA. Macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2/CXCL2, which recruits neutrophils and lymphocytes and is associated with ectopic lymphoid tissue formation, was secreted in the lungs post-infection. In vitro, lung epithelial cells up-regulated MIP-2/CXCL2 in response to both rough lipopolysaccharide (reLPS) and Cp infection. We conclude that Cp infection can have long-term inflammatory effects on tissue that persist after clearance of active infection.

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Chlamydophila pneumoniaeAnimalsBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidCell LineChemokine CXCL2Chlamydophila InfectionsChoristomaDNA, BacterialEpithelial CellsGene ExpressionImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin GInflammationLipopolysaccharidesLungLymphocytesChemokine CXCL2Cxcl2 protein, mouseDNA, BacterialImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin GLipopolysaccharides

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PMID20840653
PMCPMC2996604
OpenAlexW1580091817

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