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ReviewPathogens and disease2021

Immunopathogenesis of genital Chlamydia infection: insights from mouse models.

Jacob Dockterman, Jörn Coers

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Review in Pathogens and disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jacob DocktermanDepartment of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 22710, USA.
Jörn CoersDepartment of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 22710, USA.
Duke Medical Center · US

Funding

Medical Scientist Training Program Training GrantT32GM145449 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Christopher D Kontos · 2022 to 2026
$6.6M
IRGM-driven host responses to Chlamydia trachomatis infectionsR01AI103197 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI COERS, JOERN · 2013 to 2023
$4.2M
Interferon-inducible cell-intrinsic host defense against Chlamydia trachomatisR37AI103197 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Jorn Coers · 2024 to 2026
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI103197NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM145449
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chlamydiae are pathogenic intracellular bacteria that cause a wide variety of diseases throughout the globe, affecting the eye, lung, coronary arteries and female genital tract. Rather than by direct cellular toxicity, Chlamydia infection generally causes pathology by inducing fibrosis and scarring that is largely mediated by host inflammation. While a robust immune response is required for clearance of the infection, certain elements of that immune response may also damage infected tissue, leading to, in the case of female genital infection, disease sequelae such as pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility and ectopic pregnancy. It has become increasingly clear that the components of the immune system that destroy bacteria and those that cause pathology only partially overlap. In the ongoing quest for a vaccine that prevents Chlamydia-induced disease, it is important to target mechanisms that can achieve protective immunity while preventing mechanisms that damage tissue. This review focuses on mouse models of genital Chlamydia infection and synthesizes recent studies to generate a comprehensive model for immunity in the murine female genital tract, clarifying the respective contributions of various branches of innate and adaptive immunity to both host protection and pathogenic genital scarring.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsBacterial LoadCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesChlamydia InfectionsChlamydia muridarumChlamydia trachomatisCicatrixDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGenitaliaHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansImmunity, InnateInterferon-gammaInterleukinsInterferon-gammaInterleukins

Identifiers

PMID33538819
PMCPMC8189015
OpenAlexW3127237424

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