title: Innate immune responses to Chlamydia pneumoniae infection: role of TLRs, NLRs, and the inflammasome.
abstract: Chlamydiae are important human pathogens that are responsible for a wide rage of diseases with a significant impact on public health. In this review article we highlight how recent studies have increased our knowledge of Chlamydia pneumoniae pathogenesis and mechanisms of innate immunity directed host defense against C. pneumoniae infection.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Timothy R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Crother
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arditi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D058847:Inflammasomes / Q000276:immunology*; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000276:immunology; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors / Q000276:immunology*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D058847:Inflammasomes; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D051193:Toll-Like Receptors