Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen and the
causative agent of blinding trachoma. Although Chlamydia is protected from humoral …

A growing body of epidemiologic and experimental data point to chronic bacterial and viral
infections as possible risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's …

Background: Ocular adnexal lymphomas may be antigen-driven disorders; however, the
source of the putative antigen or antigens is still unknown. Hence, we assessed whether …

The obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis survives and replicates within a
membrane-bound vacuole, termed the inclusion, which intercepts host exocytic pathways to …

Despite major strides in personalized genomics, it remains poorly understood why
neurodegenerative diseases occur in only a fraction of individuals with a genetic …

▪ Abstract Chlamydiae, bacterial obligate intracellular pathogens, are the etiologic agents of
several human diseases. A large part of the chlamydial intracellular survival strategy …

The chlamydiae are important obligate intracellular prokaryotic pathogens that, each year,
are responsible for millions of human infections involving the eye, genital tract, respiratory …

Chlamydia are intracellular bacteria which infect many vertebrates, including humans. They
cause a myriad of severe diseases, ranging from asymptomatic infection to pneumonia …

The modulation of host cell death pathways by bacteria has been recognized as a major
pathogenicity mechanism. Among other strategies, bacterial pathogens can hijack the cell …

Chlamydia are obligate intracellular bacteria that replicate in a vacuole inside a host cell.
Chlamydial infection has been shown to protect the host cell against apoptotic stimuli. This is …