Immunity to Chlamydial Genital and Eye Infection

Rank, Roger G.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Type: Research Project (R01)
• Project #: 5R01AI023044-08
• Application #: 2062070
• Study Section: Bacteriology and Mycology Subcommittee 2 (BM)
• Project Start: 1986-04-01
• Project End: 1999-02-28
• Budget Start: 1996-03-01
• Budget End: 1997-02-28
• Support Year: 8
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• Department: Microbiology/Immun/Virology
• Type: Schools of Medicine
• City: Little Rock
• State: AR
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 72205

Publications

Mallet, Dann G; Heymer, Kelly-Jean; Rank, Roger G et al. (2009) Chlamydial infection and spatial ascension of the female genital tract: a novel hybrid cellular automata and continuum mathematical model. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 57:173-82

Nagarajan, U M; O'Connell, C; Rank, R G (2004) Molecular characterization of guinea - pig (Cavia porcellus) CD8alpha and CD8beta cDNA. Tissue Antigens 63:184-9

Rank, Roger G; Bowlin, Anne K; Reed, Ronald L et al. (2003) Characterization of chlamydial genital infection resulting from sexual transmission from male to female guinea pigs and determination of infectious dose. Infect Immun 71:6148-54

Rank, R G; Bowlin, A K; Kelly, K A (2000) Characterization of lymphocyte response in the female genital tract during ascending Chlamydial genital infection in the guinea pig model. Infect Immun 68:5293-8

Darville, T; Andrews Jr, C W; Rank, R G (2000) Does inhibition of tumor necrosis factor alpha affect chlamydial genital tract infection in mice and guinea pigs? Infect Immun 68:5299-305

Wyrick, P B; Knight, S T; Paul, T R et al. (1999) Persistent chlamydial envelope antigens in antibiotic-exposed infected cells trigger neutrophil chemotaxis. J Infect Dis 179:954-66

Patterson, T L; Rank, R G (1996) Immunity to reinfection and immunization of male guinea pigs against urethral infection with the agent of guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis. Sex Transm Dis 23:145-50

Rank, R G; Dascher, C; Bowlin, A K et al. (1995) Systemic immunization with Hsp60 alters the development of chlamydial ocular disease. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 36:1344-51

Darville, T; Laffoon, K K; Kishen, L R et al. (1995) Tumor necrosis factor alpha activity in genital tract secretions of guinea pigs infected with chlamydiae. Infect Immun 63:4675-81

Rank, R G; Sanders, M M; Patton, D L (1995) Increased incidence of oviduct pathology in the guinea pig after repeat vaginal inoculation with the chlamydial agent of guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis. Sex Transm Dis 22:48-54