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Garcia EM, Lenz JD, Schaub RE, Hackett KT, Salgado-Pabón W, Dillard JP. IL-17C is a driver of damaging inflammation during Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection of human Fallopian tube. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3756. [PMID: 38704381 PMCID: PMC11069574 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48141-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024] Open
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The human pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae ascends into the upper female reproductive tract to cause damaging inflammation within the Fallopian tubes and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), increasing the risk of infertility and ectopic pregnancy. The loss of ciliated cells from the epithelium is thought to be both a consequence of inflammation and a cause of adverse sequelae. However, the links between infection, inflammation, and ciliated cell extrusion remain unresolved. With the use of ex vivo cultures of human Fallopian tube paired with RNA sequencing we defined the tissue response to gonococcal challenge, identifying cytokine, chemokine, cell adhesion, and apoptosis related transcripts not previously recognized as potentiators of gonococcal PID. Unexpectedly, IL-17C was one of the most highly induced genes. Yet, this cytokine has no previous association with gonococcal infection nor pelvic inflammatory disease and thus it was selected for further characterization. We show that human Fallopian tubes express the IL-17C receptor on the epithelial surface and that treatment with purified IL-17C induces pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion in addition to sloughing of the epithelium and generalized tissue damage. These results demonstrate a previously unrecognized but critical role of IL-17C in the damaging inflammation induced by gonococci in a human explant model of PID.
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- Erin M Garcia
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Wang C, La L, Feng H, Yang Q, Wu F, Wang C, Wu J, Hou L, Hou C, Liu W. Aldose Reductase Inhibitor Engeletin Suppresses Pelvic Inflammatory Disease by Blocking the Phospholipase C/Protein Kinase C-Dependent/NF-κB and MAPK Cascades. J Agric Food Chem 2020; 68:11747-11757. [PMID: 33047600 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c05102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a common inflammation in the upper reproductive tract in women and may cause serious and costly consequences without effective treatment. Engeletin is a flavanonol glycoside and a naturally derived aldose reductase (AR) inhibitor that is widely distributed in vegetables, fruits, and plant-based foods. The present study investigated the anti-PID activity of engeletin in a mucilage-induced rat model of PID and LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages. Engeletin significantly reduced inflammation and ameliorated the typical uterine pathological changes in PID rats. Engeletin also inhibited AR-dependent PLC/PKC/NF-κB and MAPK inflammatory pathways, as indicated by the suppression of the phosphorylation levels of PLC, PKC, p38, ERK, and JNK and the nuclear translocation of NF-κB p65. In vitro studies demonstrated that engeletin significantly inhibited inflammatory mediator expression and enhanced the phagocytic ability of LPS-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages. RNA interference of AR prevented the engeletin-induced inhibition of inflammatory mediators. Engeletin also inhibited AR-dependent PLC/PKC/NF-κB and MAPK inflammatory pathways, which was consistent with the in vivo results. These findings support engeletin as a potential agent for prevention or treatment of PID.
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- Canmao Wang
- Department of Pharmacy, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Biopharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Biopharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Shibina LV, Svitich OA, Krasnoproshina LI, Skhodova SA, Ordiiants IM, Bisheva IV. [Expression of TLR2 and TLR9 genes by epithelial cells of cervical canal mucous membrane in women with inflammatory diseases of small pelvis organs]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2013:68-72. [PMID: 24000596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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AIM Determine subpopulation composition of blood lymphocytes and the level of expression of TLR2 and TLR9 by epithelial cells of cervical canal mucous membrane in women of reproductive age with inflammatory disease of small pelvis organs (IDSPO) at exacerbation stage and remission period. MATERIALS AND METHODS Clinical-laboratory and gynecological examination of 105 women was carried out and 3 groups were formed based on the results: patients at IDSPO exacerbation stage; patients at remission stage; clinically healthy women. By using real time PCR, TLR2, TLR9 gene expression levels were determined in epithelial cells of cervical canal mucous membrane in women of all the 3 groups. Subpopulation composition of blood lymphocytes was determined by flow cytofluorimetry by using monoclonal antibodies with CD45+ CD3+ -T-cell, CD45+ CD3+ CD4+ -T-helper, CD45+, CD3+, CD8+ -T-suppressors-cytotoxic killers, CD45+, CD3-, CD16+, CD56+ natural killers, CD45+, CD3-, CD19+ -B-lymphocytes. Immune fluorescence reaction evaluation was carried out in flow cytofluorimeter Cytomics FC 500 (Becton Coulter, USA). RESULTS The level of expression of TLR2 gene in the studied groups of patients was established not to differ significantly from parameters in the comparison groups, however it should be noted that this parameter in women with IDSPO at exacerbation stage (causative agents of the infectious process--ureaplasma, staphylococcus, candida) was somewhat higher than in the comparison group. Significantly high level of TLR9 gene expression in cervical canal epithelial cells was detected to correlate with the presence of infectious causative agents. In the group of women with exacerbation of the infectious process the expression of TLR9 was 14.5 times higher compared with the group of women without IDSPO. Among groups of women with IDSPO significant differences in relation to control group in relative and absolute levels of CD3+ T-lymphocytes; CD4+ T-helpers; CD8+ cytotoxic killer T-suppressors, B-lymphocytes compared with the same parameters in clinically healthy women were not detected. CONCLUSION The increase of TLR9 gene expression level in cervical canal cells of women with IDSPO may serve as an additional diagnostic feature of the presence and degree of severity of the disease.
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Ospel'nikova TP. [Detection of the interferon deficiency in inflammatory gynecological diseases and its correction with interferon inducers]. Georgian Med News 2012:24-32. [PMID: 23221135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Interferons deficiency has a negative influence on the development of infection and inflammation in general. The use in the complex of anti-inflammatory therapy of interferon inducers (Meglumine acridоnacetate, Tilorone), combining antiviral, immunomodulatory, interferon correction effects with etiopathogenic action leads to the correction of the interferon system defects and eliminate etiological infectious agents, that is confirmed by laboratory data and clinical efficacy.
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Dudareva IA, Gur'eva VA, Shoĭkhet IN. [The investigation of prevalence of genital inflammation in women of second generation of descendants whose ancestors were in the area of radiation exposure]. Vestn Ross Akad Med Nauk 2012:4-7. [PMID: 23012997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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There are the results of a comprehensive clinical examination of 112 women of childbearing age who are second generation descendants of those who were in the area of radiation exposure over 25 ED cSv. Incidence and factors leading to chronic inflammation of pelvic organs were studied. Immune status was evaluated by studying of subpopulation of immune cells in peripheral blood and levels of basic inflammatory cytokines. High incidence of the pelvic organs inflammatory diseases in women second-generation offspring due to disturbances in the complex chain of immunocompetent system was defined.
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Mamedov FM. [Chemotactic potential of phagocytes as a criterion for the efficacy of therapy in inflammatory diseases of the uterine appendages]. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 2008:41-42. [PMID: 19175057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Liu RF, Yang XN. [Effect of Penqiangyan Granule on the immune function of patients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease of blood-stasis and Shen-deficiency syndrome type]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi 2007; 27:841-843. [PMID: 17969902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the effect of Penqiangyan Granule (PG) on the immunity of patients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (CPID) of blood stasis and Shen-deficiency syndrome (BSSDS) type. METHODS Sixty patients were randomly assigned to two groups: the treatment group treated with PG and the control group with Penyanjing Granule, 30 cases in each group. The treatment course was 4 weeks for both groups. The clinical efficacy, plasma levels of CD4 and CD8, and the serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-2 (IL-2) were measured before and after treatment. RESULTS After treatment, the total effective rate in the treatment group and the control group was 96.7% and 63.3% respectively with significant difference between groups (P < 0.05); in the treatment group the plasma CD4, CD4/CD8 and serum IL-2 increased obviously, while the plasma CD8 and serum TNF-alpha decreased markedly (P < 0.05), all were significantly different with those in the control group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION PG can improve the immune function and alleviate inflammation in CPID patients of BSSDS type.
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Enukidze GG, Anikhovskaia IA, Marchev AA, Iakovlev MI. [Endotoxin aggression in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases of small pelvis organs and infertility, or an antiendotoxin approach to their treatment]. Fiziol Cheloveka 2006; 32:117-23. [PMID: 16808305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Chlamydial infections are among the most common human infections. Every year, in millions of humans, they cause infections of the eyes, the respiratory tract, the genital tract, joints, and the vasculature. Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular prokaryotic pathogens. Chlamydiae promote, in susceptible host cells that include mucosal epithelial cells, vascular endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, and monocytes and macrophages, their survival while causing disease of varying clinical importance and consequence in their hosts. Chlamydia infections often precede the initiation of autoimmune diseases, and Chlamydiae are often found within autoimmune lesions. Thus, they have been suspected in the etiology and pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. Autoimmune diseases have many causes. Genes, notably genes encoding cell-surface proteins that display peptides for immune recognition, the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), the environment, and the microbial diversity within the human body determine the susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. One mechanism by which infection is linked to the initiation of autoimmunity is termed molecular mimicry. Molecular mimicry describes the phenomenon of protein products from dissimilar genes sharing similar structures that elicit an immune response to both self and microbial proteins. Molecular mimicry might thus be a mechanism by which infections trigger autoimmune diseases. For the purpose of this chapter, we will focus on chlamydial proteins that mimic host self-proteins and thus contribute to initiation and maintenance of autoimmune diseases. Thus far, the strongest cases for molecular mimicry seem to have been made for chlamydial heat shock proteins 60, the DNA primase of Chlamydia trachomatis, and chlamydial OmcB proteins.
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- K Bachmaier
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Innate and adaptive immune responsiveness is variable within the population. Since robust immune reactions are critical to the survival of humans, the existence of immune variability in the population suggests the existence of competing, alternative phenotypes. Although women with powerful immune responsiveness may be more likely to survive to reproduce, their reproductive experiences may be less successful than women who are not as responsive. Normal pregnancy elicits a maternal inflammatory reaction. This can be understood on the basis of maternal-fetal conflict theory: inflammation is a component of the maternal attempt to limit excessive fetal demands. However, an overly aggressive inflammatory reaction has been shown to relate to a variety of adverse reproductive outcomes. Reviewed here are several examples, including the fallopian tube damage that results from pelvic inflammatory disease, the upregulated inflammatory response among women who develop preeclampsia, an association between immune hyperresponsiveness and premature delivery, and the relationship between autoimmune diseases and multiple adverse pregnancy outcomes. The hypothesis that immune hyperresponsiveness limits reproductive capacity suggests many avenues for research.
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- Roberta B Ness
- University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA.
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Jin Y. A combined use of acupuncture, moxibustion and long dan xie gan tang for treatment of 36 cases of chronic pelvic inflammation. J TRADIT CHIN MED 2004; 24:256-8. [PMID: 15688689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To observe the therapeutic effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on chronic pelvic inflammation. METHOD Thirty-six cases of chronic pelvic inflammation were treated with acupuncture, the ancient recipe of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang ([symbol: see text] Decoction of Radix Gentianae for Purging the Pathogenic Fire of the Liver) and medicinal cake moxibustion. RESULT The treatment resulted in cure in 9 cases, obvious effect in 16 cases, effect in 7 cases and no effect in 4 cases. CONCLUSION Acupuncture, moxibustion and the ancient recipe Long Dan Xie Gan Tang used together can enhance the therapeutic effects on chronic pelvic inflammation.
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- Yabei Jin
- Hospital of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Affiliated to Zhejiang College of TCM, Hangzhou 31000, China
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Ness RB, Brunham RC, Shen C, Bass DC. Associations among human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II DQ variants, bacterial sexually transmitted diseases, endometritis, and fertility among women with clinical pelvic inflammatory disease. Sex Transm Dis 2004; 31:301-4. [PMID: 15107633 DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000123649.52033.75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND We investigated associations between HLA class II DQ alleles, chlamydial and gonococcal cervicitis, endometritis, and infertility among women with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). METHODS Ninety-two women with clinical signs and symptoms of mild-to-moderate PID, enrolled in the PEACH Study, were evaluated. For all HLA class II DQ alleles with a prevalence of 10% or greater in the population, we assessed demographics, cervical infections, endometrial pathology, and fertility outcomes. RESULTS Chlamydial cervicitis, gonococcal cervicitis, endometritis, and infertility were all more common among women carrying the DQA *0301 allele after adjustment for race. Endometritis and infertility were somewhat less common (or pregnancy more common) among women carrying the DQA *0501 and DQB *0402 alleles. CONCLUSION Among women with signs and symptoms of PID, carriage of the DQA *0301, DQA *0501, and DQB *0402 alleles altered the occurrence of lower genital tract infection, upper genital tract inflammation, and infertility.
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- Roberta B Ness
- Graduate School of Public Health and Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Pospísil L, Canderle J, Stroblová H, Unzeitig V, Huser M. [Evidence of antibodies against the chlamydial heat shock protein (cHSP60) in women from "in vitro" fertilization program]. Ceska Gynekol 2004; 69:253-7. [PMID: 15369241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE A contribution to the role of chlamydial heat shock protein in women from the IVF program. DESIGN A serological study proving the antibodies against the chlamydial heat shock protein. SETTING Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Department of Clinical Microbiology, and Centrum of Reproductive Medicine, Faculty Hospital Brno. METHODS The IgG antibodies against the chlamydial heat shock protein (cHSP60) and the IgA and IgG antibodies against species specific chlamydial major outer membrane protein (cMOMP) of Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) and Chlamydophila pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) in the blood serum of 70 females being in the fertilization program due to fertility disorders (Group 1) have been estimated and the results compared with those obtained in 50 females suffering from pelvic inflammation disease (PID) (Group 2) and in 51 female blood donors (Group 3) respectively. RESULTS The anti-cHSP60 antibodies have been ascertained as follows: in 26 women from the first group (37.1%), in 16 of the second group (32.0%) and in 12 (23.5%) of female blood donors. The anti cHSP60-antibody-occurrence and mean index of positivity as well, found in the groups examined, was statistically insignificant. Similarly no difference has been found in the occurrence of the species specific anti-cMOMP antibodies C. trachomatis and C. pneumoniae in the groups examined. The anti-cMOMP antibodies against C. trachomatis and simultaneously against C. pneumoniae have been detected in 21 from 171 women of all groups (12.3%), only against C. trachomatis in 9 (5.3%) and against C. pneumoniae in 73 of them (42.7%). There was considerably higher occurrence of the specific antibodies against C. trachomatis in women with a positive finding of antibodies against the cHSP60, especially in women suffering from gynecological disorders, than in women without such antibodies. CONCLUSION C. trachomatis has a significant impact on the production of antibodies against the cHSP60. This fact can be documented by considerably higher occurrence of the specific antibodies against C. trachomatis in women with a positive finding of antibodies against the cHSP60, than in women without such antibodies. Preceding infection C. trachomatis and following sensitization with chlamydial heat shock protein indicate an unfavourable prognosis of the reproductive outcome and impairs the perspective of a successful in vitro fertilization. The proof of antibodies against the chlamydial HSP60 can be recommended as a further auxiliary criterion in women suffering from fertility disorders.
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- L Pospísil
- Výzkumný ústav veterinárního lékarství, Brno
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Telesheva LF, Dolgushin II, Korobeĭnikova EN. [Neutrophils and antioxidant activity of cervical secretion in women with the acute inflammation in the upper section of the reproductive tract]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2004:90-2. [PMID: 15346961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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The functional activity of neutrophils, peroxidation products and antioxidative activity of cervical secretion in women with the acute inflammatory process in the upper section of the reproductive tract were under study. The most pronounced changes in the function of neutrophils were observed in women with the low antioxidative activity of cervical slime.
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Zhang Q, He J, He S, Xu P. Clinical observation in 102 cases of chronic pelvic inflammation treated with qi jie granules. J TRADIT CHIN MED 2004; 24:3-6. [PMID: 15119158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To observe the therapeutic effects of Qi Jie Granule [see: symbol text] on chronic pelvic inflammation. METHOD The therapeutic effect, T-lymphocytic subgroups and indexes of blood rheology were observed when 102 cases of chronic pelvic inflammation in the treatment group were treated with Qi Jie Granule, and another 70 cases were treated with Qian Jin Pian as the controls. RESULTS The total effective rate was 96.08% in the treatment group, but 84.29% in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01). Qi Jie Granule was also found effective in improving blood viscosity and regulating T-lymphocytic subgroups, and the difference before and after the treatment was also very significant (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). CONCLUSION The nature of chronic pelvic inflammation is qi deficiency and blood stasis in accordance with the theory of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). As a drug that is indicated for chronic pelvic inflammation, its mechanism may be related to the improved blood circulation, accelerated inflammatory absorption and regulated immune function.
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- Qin Zhang
- Hangzhou Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou 310007, Zhejiang Province
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Taradiĭ NN, Bagdasarova IV, Uzdenova ZK, Bichekueva FK, Doloman LB, Kotsiuruba AV, Krivokhatskaia LD, Kamenetskaia OV, Mandziuk IP, Volkova LN. [Expression of markers of immunocompetent cells, cytokine level, and L-arginine metabolism in complex extremely high frequency and interferon therapy of inflammatory diseases in women of highlands]. Fiziol Zh (1994) 2003; 49:80-9. [PMID: 12918255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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Chronic inflammatory gynecological diseases (CIGD) in highlanders (2,100-2,200 m a.s.l.) are accompanied with the following changes in immunoregulatory parameters: strengthening in the expression of CD3+ (TCR), CD4+ (T-helpers), CD16+ (NK-cells), CD25+ (activated IL-2R), increase in CD4+/CD8+ ratio, levels of circulating cytokines--alpha-, beta-, gamma-interferon (IFN) and alpha-, beta-tumor necrotizing factor (TNF), strengthening in immune adhesion of thrombocytes (IAT), and inhibition of the oxidative metabolic way of L-arginine with redistribution of the main metabolites formed via its non-oxidative way. Complex extremely high frequency (EHF) therapy and interferon (with Laferon) therapy of CIGD normalized expression of the differentiated and functional CD-markers of immunocompetent cells (ICC), CD4+/CD8+ ratio, increased expression of CD8+, decreased IAT and levels of circulating cytokines (IFN, TNF), changed L-arginine metabolism with activation of the oxidative way. Full-value of the population signs of immune stabilization due to the treatment was complemented with increase in the ICC functional parameters--markers of mitochondrial, lysosomal and mitotic activity. We first demonstrated a high effectiveness of complex use of EHF and Laferon as an immunocorrective therapy of CIGD in highlanders.
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- Kabardino-Balkar State University, Nalchik, Russia
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Woźniak PR, Stachowiak GP, Pieta-Dolińska AK, Oszukowski PJ. Anti-phlogistic and immunocompetent effects of acupuncture treatment in women suffering from chronic pelvic inflammatory diseases. Am J Chin Med 2003; 31:315-20. [PMID: 12856870 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x03000990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Thirty-nine women of reproductive age suffering from chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) for at least two years, previously treated pharmacologically with no effect, were enrolled in a four-week therapeutic protocol consisting of 12 acupuncture treatments performed with the frequency of three per week. In each female patient at baseline and after the study, pain score and the following parameters in blood serum were evaluated: concentration of immunoglobulin M (IgM), albumins, alpha1-globulins, alpha2-globulins and gamma-globulins, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and white blood cell (WBC) count. During the study, we obtained a significant drop in ESR and IgM levels together with a rise in gamma-globulin concentrations. A significant decrease (from 4.89 +/- 0.82 to 0.63 +/- 1.05) in pain score was obtained. The other parameters remained unchanged. These results suggest that acupuncture treatment of PID exhibits a clear anti-inflammatory and immunocompetent effect.
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- Piotr R Woźniak
- Specialized Outpatient Clinics, Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital-Research Institute, 281/289 Rzgowska St. 93-338 Lódź, Poland.
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Makhija M, Malhotra V, Puri M, Jain M, Lakshmi A, Dhali TK, Mehta G. Comparison of direct immunofluorescence and ELISA for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis antigen in the patients of pelvic inflammatory disease. J Commun Dis 2003; 35:32-5. [PMID: 15239302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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Fifty female patients clinically diagnosed as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) attending Gynaecology OPD of Smt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital were studied for the presence of Chlamydial antigen by direct immunofluorescence (DFA) and Enzyme linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) test. Out of fifty PID patients Chlamydia tracchomatis lipopolysaccharide antigen could be detected in 28% of cases by ELISA and Chlamydial outer membrane protein antigen could be detected in 32% of cases by DFA. Although in the present study DFA and ELISA compare well with each other, but DFA has been found to be more specific test as it detects outer membrane protein antigen of Chlamydia trachomatis.
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- Meenakshi Makhija
- Lady Hardinge Medical College, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg, New Delhi 110 001
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Kinnunen A, Surcel HM, Halttunen M, Tiitinen A, Morrison RP, Morrison SG, Koskela P, Lehtinen M, Paavonen J. Chlamydia trachomatis heat shock protein-60 induced interferon-gamma and interleukin-10 production in infertile women. Clin Exp Immunol 2003; 131:299-303. [PMID: 12562392 PMCID: PMC1808640 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02048.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chlamydia trachomatis-associated tubal factor infertility (TFI) involves enhanced humoral and cell-mediated immune response to the chlamydial 60 kDa heat shock protein (CHSP60). We evaluated the role of CHSP60-induced immune response in TFI by studying lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine (interferon (IFN)-gamma, interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-10) secretion in response to C. trachomatis elementary body (EB) and CHSP60 antigens in 57 women with TFI and in 76 women with other causes of infertility. Positive proliferative response of PBMC to CHSP60 was more common in the TFI group (20/57; 36%) than in the other groups (17/76; 22%) although the frequency or the median responses did not differ significantly (1.6, range 0.2-22.1 versus 1.4; 0.2-24.4). C. trachomatis EB induced significantly higher IFN-gamma and lower IL-10 secretion in the TFI group compared to the other groups. The EB and CHSP60 induced IL-12 secretion was similar in all study groups and correlated with IFN-gamma secretion in the other but not in the TFI group. The lack of correlation between EB-induced IL-12 and IFN-gamma production and simultaneously found prominent IL-10 secretion in response to CHSP60 in the TFI group suggests that the CHSP60 may have a specific role in regulating the immune reactions during chlamydial infection and may consequently contribute to the immunopathogenesis of TFI.
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- A Kinnunen
- National Public Health Institute, Oulu, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Petersen EE, Clad A, Pichlmeier U, Böttcher M. The extended Chlamydia trachomatis diagnosis in patients with pelvic inflammatory disease--a better approach for the diagnosis of upper genital tract infections. Clin Lab 2003; 49:277-81. [PMID: 15285188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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- E E Petersen
- Dept. Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Freiburg, Germany
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Zhdanov AV, Sosulina LY, Kurbanova DF, Van'ko LV, Sukhikh GT. Expression of cytokine genes in blood mononuclear cells in women with pyoinflammatory diseases of adnexa uteri. Bull Exp Biol Med 2002; 134:477-81. [PMID: 12802457 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022602700520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Production of interleukin, interferon-gamma, and transforming growth beta(2)-factor mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells was studied in women with pyoinflammatory diseases of adnexa uteri. Predominant expression of Th1 proinflammatory cytokine genes in patients was demonstrated. Production of interleukins 4 and 8 mRNA decreased 200- and 60-fold, respectively, in comparison with that in healthy women. One month and a half after extirpation of fallopian tubes the cytokine production in blood mononuclear cells shifted towards antiinflammatory cytokines, expression of interleukin-8 gene returned to normal, and expression of interleukin-4 gene increased.
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- A V Zhdanov
- Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
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Wiesenfeld HC, Heine RP, Krohn MA, Hillier SL, Amortegui AA, Nicolazzo M, Sweet RL. Association between elevated neutrophil defensin levels and endometritis. J Infect Dis 2002; 186:792-7. [PMID: 12198613 DOI: 10.1086/342417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2002] [Revised: 05/07/2002] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The role of host defenses in the pathogenesis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) remains largely uncharacterized. The antimicrobial peptides defensins are important components of innate host defense. To explore the relationship between neutrophil defensins and upper genital tract infection, 377 women who were at risk for PID were enrolled in a study. Women infected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Trichomonas vaginalis, or Chlamydia trachomatis had higher median levels of neutrophil defensins (human neutrophil peptides 1-3) in the vagina than did uninfected women. Neutrophil defensins were strongly associated with the presence of endometritis after the analysis was controlled for the presence of sexually transmitted diseases. Vaginal neutrophils were associated with endometritis only in the presence of elevated defensin levels, which highlights the importance of neutrophil activation, rather than the presence of neutrophils alone, in this inflammatory process. Neutrophil defensins appear to participate in the host defense in ascending pelvic infection and the pathogenesis of PID.
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- Harold C Wiesenfeld
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
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Bulsa M, Nowacki M, Perzanowski P. [Elevated level of CA 125 antigen in women in reproductive age without neoplastic diseases in pelvis minor]. Ginekol Pol 2002; 73:517-22. [PMID: 12185716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
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Behaviour of CA 125 antigen in women in reproductive age without neoplastic diseases in pelvis minor was presented. The study material was divided into 4 groups: 29 women with endometriosis, 16 women with inflammation of pelvis minor, 7 women with cirrhosis, developmental malformation of reproductive organs and pregnancy, 8 women of middle gynaecological age 6.75 had endometriosis. It has been revealed that the inflammatory state of the uterine adnexa and the appendix as well as cirrhosis, developmental malformation of reproductive organs may evolve with elevated level of CA 125 marker. It has also been shown that endometriosis in pelvis minor may be expressed by a raised level of CA 125 marker.
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Debattista J, Timms P, Allan J, Allan J. Reduced levels of gamma-interferon secretion in response to chlamydial 60 kDa heat shock protein amongst women with pelvic inflammatory disease and a history of repeated Chlamydia trachomatis infections. Immunol Lett 2002; 81:205-10. [PMID: 11947926 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(02)00036-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Peripheral lymphocytes in uninfected fertile controls, women with various histories of Chlamydia trachomatis infection, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and infertility not due to C. trachomatis infection (endometriosis) were cultured overnight with PHA mitogen and the 60 kDa chlamydial heat shock protein. Plasma samples were then assayed for levels of gamma-interferon and IL-10 using a commercial ELISA system. Women with PID and those with a history of multiple C. trachomatis infections showed reduced gamma-interferon production in response to cHSP60, not seen in women infected only once and those with infertility due to other causes (endometriosis). Secretion of IL-10 in response to cHSP60 did not vary significantly across the various patient groups, though all patients showed elevated levels of total IL-10 compared with uninfected controls.
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- J Debattista
- Centre for Molecular Biotechnology, Queensland University of Technology, 484 Adelaide Street, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, Qld 4000, Australia.
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Medvedev BI, Kazachkova EA, Kazachkov EL. [Immunopathological responses in women with chronic inflammatory diseases of the uterus and appendages and their therapeutic correction]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2001:111-4. [PMID: 11569246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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A total of 145 women with chronic inflammatory diseases of uterus and appendages (IDUA) were examined. Bacterioscopy of smears and culture of vaginal, cervical canal and uterine cavity contents were performed in all patients. Direct immunofluorescence and PCR were used for detection of chlamydiae in scrapes and smears and in biopsy specimens taken from endometrium. The number of T lymphocytes and their subpopulations, B lymphocytes as well as the level of plasmatic cells synthesizing IgA, IgM and IgG and secretory IgA (sIgA), immune complexes and C3 component of the complement were determined in biopsy specimens of the endometrium. Pathomorphological examination revealed structural changes characteristic of the immunocomplex disease (secondary deficiency of sIgA, pronounced suppression of IgA production by plasmocytes along with an essential increase in the number of IgG synthesizing cells and immune complexes fixed to the venule endothelium) were detected. Lectin-histochemical study revealed considerable changes in secretory activity of endometrial epitheliocytes manifested by severe suppression of bactericidal activity of the uterine mucus. The detected disturbances of local protective reactions in the endometrium of women IDUA gave grounds for including immunomodulators into the traditional treatment scheme. The latter made it possible to increase essentially the therapeutic effect.
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Zaporozhan VN, Bespoiasnaia VV, Grushetskaia EV. [Immunological aspects of the clinical pathogenesis of the inflammatory processes of the adnexa uteri]. Lik Sprava 2001:21-4. [PMID: 11560017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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Immunological aspects are highlighted of origination and course of chronic inflammatory process. The presented data show that a chronic inflammatory process originates and is maintained at the expense of disturbances in one or several components of the immune system realizing defence of the body against infections, and if these failures are not detected this can be due to inadequate methodological approaches or because of impossibility of identifying the existing inadequacy at the present stage of development of science. The existing congenital failures of immunity compensated by activation of synergic components of the system, with time and under exposure to adverse environmental factors, can bring about a cumulative effect leading to a phenotypical manifestation of the primary defect and to an increased infection case rate, including organs of the female reproductive system.
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Cohen CR, Nguti R, Bukusi EA, Lu H, Shen C, Luo M, Sinei S, Plummer F, Bwayo J, Brunham RC. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected women exhibit reduced interferon-gamma secretion after Chlamydia trachomatis stimulation of peripheral blood lymphocytes. J Infect Dis 2000; 182:1672-7. [PMID: 11069239 DOI: 10.1086/317616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2000] [Revised: 08/10/2000] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Epidemiologic, animal, and in vitro models suggest an important role for interferon (IFN)-gamma in the clearance of Chlamydia trachomatis infection. IFN-gamma in the supernatants of in vitro-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 22 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected and 73 uninfected women at high risk for C. trachomatis acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) was studied. PBMC were stimulated with C. trachomatis purified major outer membrane protein (MOMP) and whole elementary bodies (EBs) from the 4 predominant serovars (E, F, K, and L2) that circulate in Nairobi. PBMC IFN-gamma secretion after stimulation with C. trachomatis EBs was significantly decreased in HIV-1-infected women. Among HIV-1-infected women, CD4 T cell depletion was associated with lower IFN-gamma secretion from PBMC stimulated with either C. trachomatis MOMP or EB antigen. Decreased antigen-specific IFN-gamma production may enhance the susceptibility of HIV-1-infected women to C. trachomatis PID.
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- C R Cohen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Tikhonovskaia OA, Evtushenko ID, Logvinov SV. [An experimental and clinical validation of a method for treating acute inflammatory diseases of the adnexa uteri by using the electrophoresis of a therapeutic mud preparation]. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 2000:31-4. [PMID: 11008572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Experimental and clinical investigations have demonstrated that the addition of abdominal-sacral electrophoresis of esobel 1% solution to combined therapy of acute inflammation of the uterine appendages improves treatment results. Bioantioxidants bring about the antiinflammatory action of the mud preparation esobel while its high-polar lipids prevent structural-metabolic impairment of the appendages' tissue elements as shown by a pronounced antiexudative effects and weak secondary alteration.
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Kinnunen A, Molander P, Laurila A, Rantala I, Morrison R, Lehtinen M, Karttunen R, Tiitinen A, Paavonen J, Surcel HM. Chlamydia trachomatis reactive T lymphocytes from upper genital tract tissue specimens. Hum Reprod 2000; 15:1484-9. [PMID: 10875854 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.7.1484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Chlamydia trachomatis infection is associated with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and tubal factor infertility (TFI). We investigated the role of C. trachomatis as a target antigen of endometrial and salpingeal tissue lymphocytes derived from PID and TFI patients. Antigen specificity of the tissue originated T lymphocyte lines (TLL) was tested against C. trachomatis elementary bodies and chlamydial heat shock protein 60 (CHSP60). C. trachomatis antigen stimulated proliferation in two out of eight endometrial TLL derived from PID patients and three out of four TLL derived from TFI patients. All (n = 4) TLL derived from the salpingeal specimens responded to CHSP60 compared with only one out of 12 TLL derived from the endometrial specimens. In-vivo expression of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) mRNA revealed that it was present in nine of 13 specimens obtained from PID patients. The dominant activity of type-1 T lymphocytes was confirmed by the in-vitro production of IFN-gamma (median 1007 pg/ml) from all (n = 5) C. trachomatis specific TLL while IL-5 secretion was lower (median 779 pg/ml). In conclusion, C. trachomatis reactive TLL were established from in-vivo activated lymphocytes from the upper genital tract tissue of PID and TFI patients. The reactivity of the salpingeal TLL to CHSP60 provided further evidence that immunoreactivity to CHSP60 is a predominant response in patients with tubal damage.
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- A Kinnunen
- National Public Health Institute, Aapistie 1, Box 310, 90101 Oulu, Finland
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Medvedev BI, Kazachkova EA, Kazachov EL. [The characteristics of local immunity in Chlamydia-associated chronic inflammatory diseases of the organs of the lesser pelvis in women]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2000:89-92. [PMID: 10808584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Local immune reactions in 107 women with Chlamydia-associated chronic endometritis and salpingo-oophoritis were studied on endometrial biopsy specimens. Of these women, group 1 consisted 45 patients with Chlamydia-associated chronic endometritis and salpingo-oophoritis and group 2 consisted of 62 such patients having, in addition, bacterial vaginosis and candidiasis. Among associated bacteria, epidermal staphylococci, Escherichia coli and their combinations prevailed. Pathomorphologically, in the biopsy specimens taken from the patients of group 1 a decrease in the activity of mononuclear phagocytes, secondary SIgA deficiency with the level of IgA-producing plasmocytes relatively unchanged, the moderate intensity of the synthesis of IgG and a shift in the ratio of T-helpers/T-suppressors towards the latter were observed. In the biopsy specimens of the uterine mucosa obtained from group 2 a decrease in the phagocytic activity of neutrophil granulocytes and macrophages, the pronounced suppression of IgA production by IgA plasmocytes with a sharp decrease in the amount of SIgA and an essential increase in the number of IgG-producing cells were noted. Disturbances of local immunity, observed in the presence of associated Chlamydia infection, gives grounds for the inclusion of immunomodulating preparations into the complex of therapeutic measures.
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Shahmanesh M, Brunst M, Sukthankar A, Pearce JH, Gaston JS. Peripheral blood T cell proliferative response to chlamydial organisms in gonococcal and non-gonococcal urethritis and presumed pelvic inflammatory disease. Sex Transm Infect 1999; 75:327-31. [PMID: 10616357 PMCID: PMC1758245 DOI: 10.1136/sti.75.5.327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To study peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) proliferative response to Chlamydia trachomatis elementary bodies in (a) controls, (b) various stages of gonococcal (c) and non-gonococcal urethritis, and (d) women with a clinical diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). METHODS We categorised 102 men presenting to a GUM clinic with urethritis by organisms (C trachomatis (CT) or Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) (both by culture), and whether it was their first (urethritis naive) or subsequent (urethritis experienced) attack. 23 women presenting to the clinic with a clinical diagnosis of PID were also investigated. We measured PBMC proliferative responses to C trachomatis (DK20--an oculogenital strain, serovar E), lysate of McCoy cells (used to propagate chlamydiae), and the recall antigen PPD. Controls were 37 men and women without present or past history of urethritis or chlamydial infection. Results were expressed as the ratio of the stimulation index (SI) obtained with DK20 compared with McCoy cells (DK index), and the ratio of the SI obtained with DK20 compared with PPD (PPD index). RESULTS The median SI to DK20 in the urethritis was 12.7 which was significantly higher than the controls (7.6, p < 0.003). The median SI to the recall antigen PPD was similar in the urethritis patients (17.4) and the controls (22.4). All urethritis patient subgroups had a significantly higher DK index and PPD index than the controls. There was no difference in the PPD and DK index between urethritis naive and urethritis experienced patients and between the culture positive and culture negative urethritis subgroups. In PID patients only the PPD index was significantly higher than the controls. CONCLUSION Men presenting with urethritis and women presenting with PID both have significantly greater peripheral blood mononuclear cell proliferative responses to the DK20 strain of C trachomatis than controls. A similar T cell proliferative response pattern in urethritis naive patients with either gonococcal or non-gonococcal urethritis could be because low sensitivity of CT culture failed to diagnose some cases of C trachomatis. However, it may also signify earlier exposure of the patients to chlamydial antigens (for example, C pneumoniae), cross reacting antigens such as heat shock proteins from other microbial species, or a "bystander" activation of chlamydia specific memory T cells trafficking through mucosal lymphoid tissue during urethritis. These results suggest evidence of T cell mediated response to C trachomatis cannot be used as a diagnostic tool.
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- M Shahmanesh
- Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Whittall Street Clinic, Birmingham
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Peeling RW, Patton DL, Cosgrove Sweeney YT, Cheang MS, Lichtenwalner AB, Brunham RC, Stamm WE. Antibody response to the chlamydial heat-shock protein 60 in an experimental model of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease in monkeys (Macaca nemestrina). J Infect Dis 1999; 180:774-9. [PMID: 10438366 DOI: 10.1086/314919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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A primate model of chlamydial pelvic inflammatory disease was used to characterize serum antibody responses to the 60 kDa chlamydial heat shock protein (CHSP60). Forty monkeys were infected in the fallopian tubes with Chlamydia trachomatis and then were treated. Twenty-three (58%) monkeys developed antibodies against CHSP60, of whom 6 (15%) had CHSP60 responses that persisted throughout the study and 17 (42.5%) had a transient response. A persistent CHSP60 antibody response was correlated with being culture- or ligase chain reaction-positive in the fallopian tubes (P=.004), but not in the cervix pretreatment, and with being tubal-positive posttreatment (P=. 02). Compared with tubal-negative monkeys, tubal-positive monkeys had more intense CHSP60 responses (P=.006) that lasted longer (P=. 002). Among CHSP60 responders, an OD>0.5 was correlated with more severe salpingeal pathology before treatment (P=.04). CHSP60 antibody response may be useful as a marker of persistent chlamydial infection in the fallopian tubes.
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- R W Peeling
- National Laboratory for STDs, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada and Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
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Gaur LK, Peeling RW, Cheang M, Kimani J, Bwayo J, Plummer F, Brunham RC. Association of Chlamydia trachomatis heat-shock protein 60 antibody and HLA class II DQ alleles. J Infect Dis 1999; 180:234-7. [PMID: 10353888 DOI: 10.1086/314838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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A total of 113 female commercial sex workers had individual alleles for HLA class II genes determined by using labeled sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes to hybridize to polymerase chain reaction products of amplified DNA. Women also had microimmunofluorescent (MIF) antibody titers to Chlamydia trachomatis elementary bodies and ELISA antibody to recombinant chlamydial heat-shock protein 60 (Chsp60) determined. Women were prospectively followed at monthly intervals over 2 years for incident C. trachomatis infection and acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). HLA DQA1*0401 and DQB1*0402 alleles were statistically associated with increased prevalence and amount of antibody to Chsp60 but not MIF antibody. However, these alleles did not alter the risk for chlamydial PID. The potential role that HLA DQ may play in chlamydial disease pathogenesis requires further study.
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- L K Gaur
- Immunogenetics, Puget Sound Blood Centre, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.
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Further research is necessary to elucidate the pathogenesis of chlamydial PID. It is hoped that these endeavours will eventually lead to a vaccine to prevent not only chlamydia infection, but also chlamydia associated infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and chronic pelvic pain. In the meantime we need to develop strategies to prevent primary and secondary chlamydia infection and its sequelae. Recently, Scholes et. al demonstrated that a population based approach to identify and test women at high risk for cervical C trachomatis infection effectively reduced risk of PID. Hopefully, through the use of public health measures, we can see similar decreases of chlamydia associated genital tract disease worldwide.
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- C R Cohen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle 98103-6460, USA
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Sziller I, Witkin SS, Ziegert M, Csapó Z, Ujházy A, Papp Z. Serological responses of patients with ectopic pregnancy to epitopes of the Chlamydia trachomatis 60 kDa heat shock protein. Hum Reprod 1998; 13:1088-93. [PMID: 9619577 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.4.1088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Clinical and histopathological correlations of immunoreactivity to Chlamydia trachomatis and to epitopes of the C. trachomatis 60 kDa heat shock protein (hsp60) among women with ectopic pregnancy were evaluated in a case-control study. Serological responses to 13 synthetic peptides corresponding to major epitopes of the chlamydial hsp60 were determined in 67 women treated for ectopic pregnancy and 45 women with uncomplicated pregnancy in utero. Plasma cell salpingitis was detected in 29 (43.3%) of the ectopic patients. Its presence correlated with antibodies to two hsp60 epitopes, encompassing amino acids 260-271 and 411-422 (P = 0.02). Antibodies to these two epitopes, along with five other epitopes, also correlated with peritubal adhesion formation in ectopic pregnant patients (P < 0.01). Antibodies to epitopes 260-271 and 188-199 also correlated with a history of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID; P = 0.05). Patients with ectopic pregnancy were also more likely than their intrauterine pregnant controls to have present anti-chlamydial immunoglobulin G (P < 0.005). Women positive for both C. trachomatis and hsp60 epitope antibodies had an increased prevalence over controls of salpingitis, pelvic adhesions or history of PID (P < 0.05). In contrast, patients who were positive for only C. trachomatis antibodies or only hsp60 epitope antibodies did not differ from antibody-negative patients in each of these categories.
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- I Sziller
- First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary
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Domeika M, Domeika K, Paavonen J, Mårdh PA, Witkin SS. Humoral immune response to conserved epitopes of Chlamydia trachomatis and human 60-kDa heat-shock protein in women with pelvic inflammatory disease. J Infect Dis 1998; 177:714-9. [PMID: 9498452 DOI: 10.1086/514218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The association between humoral immunity to unique and conserved epitopes of the Chlamydia trachomatis 60-kDa heat-shock protein (hsp60) and immunity to human hsp60 was examined in 129 women with laparoscopically verified pelvic inflammatory disease. An ELISA was used to detect antichlamydial IgG and IgA antibodies, IgG antibodies to recombinant human hsp60, and antibodies to two synthetic peptides of chlamydial hsp60. Half of the patients had antibodies to human hsp60, which correlated with the presence of antibodies to the chlamydial hsp60 peptide 260-271 homologous to the human hsp60 (P = .01). Antibodies to peptide 260-271 were associated with antichlamydial IgG (P < .0001) and IgA (P < .0001). The results suggest that the autoimmune response to human hsp60 can develop following C. trachomatis upper genital tract infection in women, probably as a consequence of an immune response to an epitope of chlamydial hsp60 cross-reactive with the human hsp60.
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- M Domeika
- Institute of Clinical Bacteriology, Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Serov VN, Il'enko LN. [Endotoxin and antiendotoxin immunity in pelvioperitonitis]. Vestn Ross Akad Med Nauk 1998:26-8. [PMID: 9376724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The levels of bacterial blood endotoxin, antiendotoxin antibodies and the overall immunity were studied in 48 females with inflammatory genital diseases complicated by pelvioperitonitis. The severest pelvioperitonitis-complicated abnormality was shown to characterized by high concentrations of endotoxin and low levels of antibodies. Endotoxinemia was found to be of diagnostic and prognostic value.
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Eckert LO, Hawes SE, Wölner-Hanssen P, Money DM, Peeling RW, Brunham RC, Stevens CE, Eschenbach DA, Stamm WE. Prevalence and correlates of antibody to chlamydial heat shock protein in women attending sexually transmitted disease clinics and women with confirmed pelvic inflammatory disease. J Infect Dis 1997; 175:1453-8. [PMID: 9180186 DOI: 10.1086/516479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A cross-sectional study of 306 women was done to correlate antibody to the chlamydial hsp60 (Chsp60) with epidemiologic, serologic, and laparoscopic findings of women with and without pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Of the 306 women, 150 had confirmed PID by laparoscopic (n = 69) or histologic (n = 81) criteria, and 156 sexually transmitted disease clinic attendees without clinical PID did (n = 94) or did not (n = 62) have chlamydia. In multivariate analyses, Chsp60 antibody was independently associated with confirmed PID, age > 20 years, nonwhite race, > 10 lifetime sex partners, current oral contraceptive use, and IgG antibody titers; it was not associated with a positive Chlamydia trachomatis culture. Among the 69 women with laparoscopic evidence of PID, the highest level of Chsp60 antibody (optical density > 1.0) was found in 8 (80%) of 10 women with occluded tubes, compared with 11 (19%) of 58 with patent tubes (P < .001). We conclude that antibody to Chsp60 was significantly correlated with risk factors for PID, confirmed PID, and occluded fallopian tubes but not with acute C. trachomatis infection without PID.
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- L O Eckert
- Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle 98104, USA
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Halperin R, Schneider D, Maymon R, Bukovsky I, Hadas E. Human decidua-associated protein (hDP) 200 identified as a monoclonal rheumatoid factor is not an acute phase reactant. Am J Reprod Immunol 1997; 37:195-8. [PMID: 9083617 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00213.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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PROBLEM The role of human decidua associated protein (hDP) 200, identified as a monoclonal rheumatoid factor, has not been determined yet. This study examines if this protein, being an immunoglobulin, participates in the inflammatory processes involving the uterus. METHOD Uterine fluid samples were obtained prospectively from two groups of women: the study group, containing 26 women with laparoscopically verified pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and the control group, containing 34 regularly cycling, fertile women, referred to the Family Planning Clinic. Uterine fluid sampling was performed once in each patient, and the concentration of uterine fluid hDP 200 was determined by double site ELISA, by using the monoclonal antibody DEC 21. RESULTS A statistically significant decrease in uterine fluid hDP 200 concentration was observed in women with pelvic inflammatory disease as compared to regularly cyclin fertile women (P < 0.00004). The hDP 200 levels in women with PID ranged from 10 to 1,000 mU/ml, with no difference in hDP 200 concentration among intra-uterine device (IUD) users as compared to non-users. CONCLUSION This study supports the concept that hDP 200, identified as monoclonal rheumatoid factor existing locally in the uterus, is not an acute phase reactant but is probably involved in the reproduction process.
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- R Halperin
- Department of Gynecology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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Spinillo A, Gorini G, Piazzi G, Baltaro F, Monaco A, Zara F. The impact of oral contraception on chlamydial infection among patients with pelvic inflammatory disease. Contraception 1996; 54:163-8. [PMID: 8899258 DOI: 10.1016/s0010-7824(96)00172-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The prevalence of oral contraceptive use in association with chlamydial pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and the presence of anti-chlamydial IgG and IgA in a population of 144 hospitalized and outpatient subjects with a standard diagnosis of PID was studied. The rates of chlamydial PID and IgA detection were 15.3% (22/144) and 13.9% (20/144), respectively. After stratification for age, number of pregnancies, and lifetime sexual partners, the rates of chlamydial PID (odds ratio = 0.30, 95% CI = 0.10 - 0.89) and IgA detection (odds ratio = 0.23, 95% CI = 0.07 - 0.73) were lower among previous or current oral contraceptive users than in women who had never used birth control methods. Analyses of linear trend indicated a negative association between increasing duration of exposure to hormonal contraception and anti-chlamydial IgG and IgA. This study confirms that among patients with chlamydial PID, the frequency of oral contraceptive use is lower than that in patients with PID of other etiology. Serologic studies suggest a possible relationship between hormonal contraception and changes in immune response or susceptibility to chlamydial infection.
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- A Spinillo
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pavia, 1RCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, Italy
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Markina LP, Iarustovskaia OV, Alisultanova LS, Derevnina NA, Gontar' EV. [The effect of a low-frequency magnetic field on the clinico-immunological indices of patients with chronic inflammatory diseases of the organs of the female genital system]. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 1996:22-5. [PMID: 9036660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Low-frequency magnetic field generated by the vaginal inductor used in 120 females with chronic genital inflammation promoted a decrease in leukocytosis, elevation of total population of T-lymphocytes, inhibition of high proliferative activity in PHA test. However, marked immunocorrection was not reached.
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Kimani J, Maclean IW, Bwayo JJ, MacDonald K, Oyugi J, Maitha GM, Peeling RW, Cheang M, Nagelkerke NJ, Plummer FA, Brunham RC. Risk factors for Chlamydia trachomatis pelvic inflammatory disease among sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya. J Infect Dis 1996; 173:1437-44. [PMID: 8648217 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.6.1437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Among 302 female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya, who were followed for 17.6 +/- 11.1 months, 146 had one or more infections with Chlamydia trachomatis; 102 had uncomplicated cervical infection only, 23 had C. trachomatis pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and 21 had combined C. trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae PID. As determined by multivariate logistic regression analysis, risk factors for C. trachomatis PID included repeated C. trachomatis infection (odds ratio [OR], 1.8; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.3-2.4; P = .0004), antibody to C. trachomatis heat-shock protein 60 (OR, 3.9; CI, 1.04-14.5; P = .04), oral contraceptive use (OR, 0.28; 95% CI, 0.08-0.99; P = .048), and number of episodes of nongonococcal nonchlamydial PID (OR, 1.7; 95% CI, 1.1-2.7; P = .02). Among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive women, a CD4 lymphocyte count of <400/mm3 was an additional independent risk factor for C. trachomatis PID (OR, 21.7; 95% CI, 1.2-383; P = .036); among HLA-typed women, HLA-A31 was independently associated with C. trachomatis PID (OR, 5.6; 95% CI, 1.1-29.4; P = .043). The results suggest an immune-mediated pathogenesis for C. trachomatis PID.
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- J Kimani
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Canada
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Hanna L, Highleyman L. Pelvic inflammatory disease. BETA 1996:28-31, 44. [PMID: 11363314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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Marth C, Windbichler G, Fuchs D, Zeimet AG, Wachter H, Dapunt O. [Role of the immune parameter neopterin in adnexitis]. Zentralbl Gynakol 1996; 118:164-8. [PMID: 8900606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Neopterin is a sensitive marker of macrophage activity, and elevated urine excretion has been observed in viral and bacterial infections. Including 48 patients, we investigated whether neopterin could be a valid parameter for classification of PID. Urinary Neopterin was determined pretherapeutically and throughout the follow-up by means of high pressure liquid chromatography. In about one third of the patients elevated levels of neopterin were observed and these were characterized by higher PID-scores, accelerated erythrocyte sedimentation rate and higher levels of C-reactive protein. The results indicate that in patients with PID macrophages are regularly activated. Neopterin may give additional information for classification of PID although because of lack of sensitivity and specificity it may not be helpful for differential diagnosis or follow-up of these patients.
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- C Marth
- Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Innsbruck
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Antonova LV, Prozorovkaia KN, Semenova IB, Shatkin AA. [The immune status of patients with acute inflammatory diseases of adnexa uteri associated with different combinations of microorganisms]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 1996:49-53. [PMID: 8820679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The immune status of 130 patients with acute inflammatory diseases of uterine appendages was studied. As etiologically associated infective agents detected in these patients were opportunistic microorganisms (group 1), Neisseria gonorrhoeae in combination with opportunistic microorganisms (group 2) and Chlamydia trachomatis in combination with opportunistic microorganisms (group 3). In all three groups of patients the response of T lymphocytes to PHA and hyperactivation of the B-cell element of immunity (an increase in the relative number of B-lymphocytes and the content of IgA and IgM in the serum) was found to be suppressed. In addition, in groups 1 and 3 an increase, and in group 2 a decrease in IgG were detected. In the mucus of the cervical canal in the patients of groups 1, 2 and 3 IgM was detected, while in patients of groups 2 and 3 a decrease in sigA was established.
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- L V Antonova
- Medical University, Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russia
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Lampe MF, Wong KG, Stamm WE. Sequence conservation in the major outer membrane protein gene among Chlamydia trachomatis strains isolated from the upper and lower urogenital tract. J Infect Dis 1995; 172:589-92. [PMID: 7622913 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/172.2.589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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To determine the extent of nucleotide sequence variation in the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) gene among 27 clinical isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis, the MOMP gene was amplified from 13 strains isolated from the endometrium of patients with pelvic inflammatory disease and high titers of anti-chlamydial antibodies and from 14 strains isolated from the cervix of patients with presumed first-time chlamydial infection. Amplified MOMP variable domain DNA from these isolates was directly sequenced and compared with previously published results. Very little sequence heterogeneity in the MOMP variable domains was found in all 27 clinical isolates, suggesting that MOMP sequence heterogeneity is not often associated with the spread of C. trachomatis to the upper genital tract and is not common in the chlamydial strains in the patient population studied.
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- M F Lampe
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Delektorskiĭ VV, Malinovskaia VV, Strizhakov AN, Iashkova GN, Kagramanova ZA, Genkin DD, Parfenov VV, Galiautdinov DS, Balandin AN, Lebedeva TV. [The interferon inducer neovir (kamedon) in the combined treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases of the adnexa uteri of chlamydial etiology (a clinical electron-microscopic study)]. Antibiot Khimioter 1995; 40:42-7. [PMID: 8534181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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One of the major factors of nonspecific immunity i.e. the state of the host interferon system was studied with a purpose of its correction in the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the uterine appendages of the chlamydial etiology. In all the female patients with chronic inflammatory diseases of the uterine appendages of the chlamydial etiology there was observed a disorder in the function of the interferon system link: a decrease in the concentration of blood serum interferon and a lower capacity of the blood cells to produce alpha- and gamma-interferons. The findings were used as a theoretical ground for the inclusion of neovir, an inductor of alpha-interferon to the treatment of such patients. After the completion of the treatment course with the use of neovir the index of the serum interferon proved to be higher than the normal by 2.4 log2IU and the indices of alpha- and gamma-interferons were lower than the normal only by 0.1 and 1.3 log2IU respectively. Therefore, the mechanism of the neovir action included activation of the function of the interferon endogenic system. The morphometrical analysis of the number of the cytoplasmic granules of the polymorphonuclear leukocytes in the peripheral blood before, during and after the therapy with neovir and pefloxacin showed that neovir not only promoted restoration of the digestion function of the neutrophilic leukocytes but also markedly activated it which provided a success of the phagocytic attack.
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Theunissen JJ, Minderhoud-Bassie W, Wagenvoort JH, Stolz E, Michel MF, Huikeshoven FJ. Chlamydia trachomatis-specific antibodies in patients with pelvic inflammatory disease: comparison with isolation in tissue culture or detection with polymerase chain reaction. Genitourin Med 1994; 70:304-7. [PMID: 8001938 PMCID: PMC1195270 DOI: 10.1136/sti.70.5.304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The detection of acute phase antibodies against C trachomatis and its comparison with tissue culture or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on samples of cervix and urethra obtained from patients with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). METHODS In the academic hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, prospective investigations were performed on 49 consecutive patients who were admitted with the diagnosis of PID. Infections with C trachomatis were traced using tissue culture, PCR or by determining acute phase IgG and IgM antibodies. Differences between the sensitivities of serology and tissue culture or PCR were calculated using the Fisher exact test. RESULTS C trachomatis infection was detected more often in PID patients using serology in comparison with PCR (p < 0.05) or tissue culture (p < 0.05). All patients who were positive in tissue culture also had acute phase antibodies. CONCLUSION The establishing of acute C trachomatis infections in PID patients on the basis of serology was superior to either tissue culture or PCR on samples obtained from cervix and urethra.
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- J J Theunissen
- Department of Dermato-Venereology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Mattila A, Miettinen A, Heinonen PK, Teisala K, Punnonen R, Paavonen J. Detection of serum antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis in patients with chlamydial and nonchlamydial pelvic inflammatory disease by the IPAzyme Chlamydia and enzyme immunoassay. J Clin Microbiol 1993; 31:998-1000. [PMID: 8463409 PMCID: PMC263603 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.31.4.998-1000.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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A novel serological test, IPAzyme Chlamydia (Savyon Diagnostics Ltd., Beer Sheva, Israel), was compared with an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for the ability to detect serum immunoglobulin G and A antibodies in the diagnosis of acute chlamydial pelvic inflammatory disease. In comparison with cell culture, which is the "gold standard," IPAzyme Chlamydia and EIA exhibited sensitivities of 63 and 68% and specificities of 76 and 87%, respectively. Thus, IPAzyme Chlamydia offers no advantages over the EIA, and neither serological test can be recommended for the diagnosis of acute Chlamydia trachomatis infection. So far, conventional cell culture remains the most reliable diagnostic test for chlamydial pelvic inflammatory disease.
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- A Mattila
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland
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