Uropathogenic E. coli Induce Different Immune Response in Testicular and Peritoneal Macrophages: Implications for Testicular Immune Privilege

Sudhanshu Bhushan; Hamid Hossain; Yongning Lu; Andreas Geisler; Svetlin Tchatalbachev; Zbigniew Mikulski; Gerhard Schuler; Jörg Klug; Adrian Pilatz; Florian Wagenlehner; Trinad Chakraborty; Andreas Meinhardt

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028452

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Uropathogenic E. coli Induce Different Immune Response in Testicular and Peritoneal Macrophages: Implications for Testicular Immune Privilege

Sudhanshu Bhushan,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Unit of Reproductive Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Hamid Hossain,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Yongning Lu,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Unit of Reproductive Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Andreas Geisler,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Svetlin Tchatalbachev,

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Zbigniew Mikulski,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Unit of Reproductive Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Gerhard Schuler,

Affiliation Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology of Large and Small Animals, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Jörg Klug,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Unit of Reproductive Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Adrian Pilatz,

Affiliation Clinic of Urology, Pediatric Urology and Andrology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Florian Wagenlehner,

Affiliation Clinic of Urology, Pediatric Urology and Andrology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Trinad Chakraborty ,

* E-mail: trinad.chakraborty@mikrobio.med.uni-giessen.de (TC); andreas.meinhardt@anatomie.med.uni-giessen.de (AM)

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Andreas Meinhardt

* E-mail: trinad.chakraborty@mikrobio.med.uni-giessen.de (TC); andreas.meinhardt@anatomie.med.uni-giessen.de (AM)

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Unit of Reproductive Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Uropathogenic E. coli Induce Different Immune Response in Testicular and Peritoneal Macrophages: Implications for Testicular Immune Privilege

Sudhanshu Bhushan,
Hamid Hossain,
Yongning Lu,
Andreas Geisler,
Svetlin Tchatalbachev,
Zbigniew Mikulski,
Gerhard Schuler,
Jörg Klug,
Adrian Pilatz,
Florian Wagenlehner

Published: December 2, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028452

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