A Probiotic Adjuvant Lactobacillus rhamnosus Enhances Specific Immune Responses after Ocular Mucosal Immunization with Chlamydial Polymorphic Membrane Protein C

• Aleksandra Inic-Kanada ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aleksandra Inic-Kanada, Marijana Stojanovic

  Affiliation OCUVAC – Center of Ocular Inflammation and Infection, Laura Bassi Centres of Expertise, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Marijana Stojanovic ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Aleksandra Inic-Kanada, Marijana Stojanovic

  Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera – TORLAK, Belgrade, Serbia

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• Emilija Marinkovic,

  Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera – TORLAK, Belgrade, Serbia

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• Elisabeth Becker,

  Affiliation Institut für Funktionelle Genomforschung der Mikroorganismen, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, Gebäude 25.02.U1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Elisabeth Stein,

  Affiliation OCUVAC – Center of Ocular Inflammation and Infection, Laura Bassi Centres of Expertise, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Ivana Lukic,

  Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera – TORLAK, Belgrade, Serbia

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• Radmila Djokic,

  Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera – TORLAK, Belgrade, Serbia

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• Nadine Schuerer,

  Affiliation OCUVAC – Center of Ocular Inflammation and Infection, Laura Bassi Centres of Expertise, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Johannes H. Hegemann,

  Affiliation Institut für Funktionelle Genomforschung der Mikroorganismen, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, Gebäude 25.02.U1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

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• Talin Barisani-Asenbauer

  * E-mail: talin.barisani@meduniwien.ac.at

  Affiliation OCUVAC – Center of Ocular Inflammation and Infection, Laura Bassi Centres of Expertise, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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