Chlamydia pneumoniae Multiply in Neutrophil Granulocytes and Delay Their Spontaneous Apoptosis1

@article{vanZandbergen2004ChlamydiaPM,
  title={Chlamydia pneumoniae Multiply in Neutrophil Granulocytes and Delay Their Spontaneous Apoptosis1},
  author={Ger van Zandbergen and Jens Gieffers and Henning Kothe and Jan Rupp and Anna‐Lena Bollinger and Eresso Aga and Matthias Klinger and Helmut Brade and Klaus Dalhoff and Matthias Maass and Werner Solbach and Tam{\'a}s Laskay},
  journal={The Journal of Immunology},
  year={2004},
  volume={172},
  pages={1768 - 1776},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:27422510}
}
Data show that, in contrast to other microbial pathogens that drive phagocytes into apoptosis to escape killing, Cp can extend the life span of neutrophil granulocytes, making them suitable host cells for survival and multiplication within the first hours/days after infection.
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