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ArticleInternational journal of clinical rheumatology2012

The molecular basis for disease phenotype in chronic Chlamydia-induced arthritis.

John D Carter, Herve C Gerard, Judith A Whittum-Hudson, Alan P Hudson

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Article in International journal of clinical rheumatology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John D CarterDepartment of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA.
Herve C Gerard
Judith A Whittum-Hudson
Alan P Hudson
University of South Florida · US

Funding

REITERS SYNDROME--MECHANISM OF CHLAMYDIA PATHOGENESISR01AR042541 · NIAMS · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HUDSON, ALAN PAUL · 1993 to 2008
$2.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR042541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections can elicit an inflammatory arthritis in some individuals, and recent surprising studies have demonstrated that only ocular (trachoma) strains, not genital strains, of the organism are present in the synovial tissues of patients with the disease. This observation suggests an explanation for the small proportion of genitally-infected patients who develop Chlamydia-induced arthritis. Other recent studies have begun to identify the specific chlamydial gene products that elicit the synovial inflammatory response during both active and quiescent disease, although much more study will be required to complete the understanding of that complex process of host-pathogen interaction. Several newly developed experimental methods and approaches for study of the process will enable identification of new therapeutic targets, and possibly strategies for prevention of the disease altogether.

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Chlamydia trachomatiscombination antibioticsgeneticsinflammationpathogenesis

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PMID23440251
PMCPMC3579635
OpenAlexW2097330393

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