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FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.840802
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Chlamydia trachomatis; obligate intracellular bacteria; human prostate cells; human Sertoli cells; human synovial cells
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- University of Rome Sapienza [RP11916B6AEB0D37]
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Chlamydia trachomatis infection often goes unnoticed and untreated, leading to chronic complications. Cervical epithelial cells have been extensively studied as a cellular infection model, and we provide the latest evidence on the interaction between C. trachomatis and human prostate epithelial, Sertoli, and synovial cells.
Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate, intracellular bacterium responsible for a range of diseases of public health importance, since C. trachomatis infection is often asymptomatic and, hence, untreated, leading to chronic complications, including prostatitis, infertility, and reactive arthritis. The ample spectrum of diseases caused by C. trachomatis infection is reflected in its ability to infect and multiply within a wide range of different cell types. Cervical epithelial cells, to date, have been the most studied cellular infection model, highlighting the peculiar features of the host-cell inflammatory and immune responses to the infection. Herein, we provide the up-to-date evidence on the interaction between C. trachomatis and human prostate epithelial, Sertoli and synovial cells.
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