Anti-Retroviral Lectins Have Modest Effects on Adherence of Trichomonas vaginalis to Epithelial Cells In Vitro and on Recovery of Tritrichomonas foetus in a Mouse Vaginal Model

Aparajita Chatterjee; Daniel M. Ratner; Christopher M. Ryan; Patricia J. Johnson; Barry R. O’Keefe; W. Evan Secor; Deborah J. Anderson; Phillips W. Robbins; John Samuelson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135340

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Anti-Retroviral Lectins Have Modest Effects on Adherence of Trichomonas vaginalis to Epithelial Cells In Vitro and on Recovery of Tritrichomonas foetus in a Mouse Vaginal Model

Aparajita Chatterjee,

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Daniel M. Ratner,

Current address: Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Christopher M. Ryan,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Patricia J. Johnson,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Barry R. O’Keefe,

Affiliation Molecular Targets Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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W. Evan Secor,

Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Deborah J. Anderson,

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Phillips W. Robbins,

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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John Samuelson

* E-mail: jsamuels@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Anti-Retroviral Lectins Have Modest Effects on Adherence of Trichomonas vaginalis to Epithelial Cells In Vitro and on Recovery of Tritrichomonas foetus in a Mouse Vaginal Model

Aparajita Chatterjee,
Daniel M. Ratner,
Christopher M. Ryan,
Patricia J. Johnson,
Barry R. O’Keefe,
W. Evan Secor,
Deborah J. Anderson,
Phillips W. Robbins,
John Samuelson

Published: August 7, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135340

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