Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
Microbes Infect. 2012 Nov;14(14):1301-7. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.08.004. Epub 2012 Sep 5.
Chlamydiae are important human pathogens that are responsible for a wide rage of diseases with a significant impact on public health. In this review article we highlight how recent studies have increased our knowledge of Chlamydia pneumoniae pathogenesis and mechanisms of innate immunity directed host defense against C. pneumoniae infection.
衣原体是重要的人类病原体,可引起广泛的疾病,对公共卫生有重大影响。在这篇综述文章中,我们强调了最近的研究如何增加了我们对肺炎衣原体发病机制和固有免疫机制的认识,固有免疫机制可针对肺炎衣原体感染发挥宿主防御作用。