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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Braun C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6328165 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20190110 1
Chlamydia pneumoniae is one of the two major species of the Chlamydiaceae family that have a profound effect on human health. C. pneumoniae is linked to a number of severe acute and chronic diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract including pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis and infection by the pathogen might play a role in lung cancer. Following adhesion, Chlamydiae secrete effector proteins into the host cytoplasm that modulate the actin cytoskeleton facilitating internalization and infec ...[more]