Intracellular Survival and Persistence of Chlamydia muridarum Is Determined by Macrophage Polarization

Macrophages can display a number of distinct phenotypes, known collectively as polarized macrophages. The best defined of these phenotypes are the classically-activated, interferon gamma (IFNγ)/LPS induced (M1) and alternatively-activated, IL-4 induced (M2) macrophages. The goal of this study is to...

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Main Authors: Gracey, Eric, Lin, Aifeng, Akram, Ali, Chiu, Basil, Inman, Robert D.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3743904/