Role of Activins and Inducible Nitric Oxide in the Pathogenesis of Ectopic Pregnancy in Patients with or without Chlamydia trachomatis Infection

• Published in: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology Vol. 16; no. 10; pp. 1493 - 1503
• Main Authors: Bassem Refaat, Majedah Al-Azemi, Ian Geary, Adrian Eley, William Ledger
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 01.10.2009; American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Subjects: Activin; Activin Receptors, Type II - genetics; Activin Receptors, Type II - metabolism; Activins - genetics; Activins - metabolism; Adult; Antibodies; Antibodies, Bacterial - blood; Base Sequence; Blood; Chlamydia Infections - etiology; Chlamydia Infections - immunology; Chlamydia Infections - metabolism; Chlamydia trachomatis; Chlamydia trachomatis - genetics; Chlamydia trachomatis - immunology; Chlamydia trachomatis - pathogenicity; Chronic infection; DNA Primers - genetics; DNA, Bacterial - analysis; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Epithelial cells; Fallopian tube; Fallopian Tubes - immunology; Fallopian Tubes - metabolism; Fallopian Tubes - pathology; Female; Follistatin; Follistatin - genetics; Follistatin - metabolism; Gene Expression; Hsp60 protein; Humans; Immune Mechanisms; Immune response; Immunoglobulin G - blood; Immunohistochemistry; Infertility; Inhibin-beta Subunits - genetics; Inhibin-beta Subunits - metabolism; Major outer membrane protein; Nitric oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II - genetics; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II - metabolism; Nitric-oxide synthase; Pain; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Pelvis; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - etiology; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - immunology; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - metabolism; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - microbiology; Pregnancy, Ectopic - etiology; Pregnancy, Ectopic - immunology; Pregnancy, Ectopic - metabolism; Pregnancy, Ectopic - pathology; RNA, Messenger - genetics; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; Serology; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1556-6811; 1556-679X; 1556-679X
• DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00221-09

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