Diversion of the Immune Response to <named-content content-type="genus-species">Neisseria gonorrhoeae</named-content> from Th17 to Th1/Th2 by Treatment with Anti-Transforming Growth Factor β Antibody Generates Immunological Memory and Protective Immunity
ABSTRACT The immune response to Neisseria gonorrhoeae is poorly understood, but its extensive antigenic variability and resistance to complement are thought to allow it to evade destruction by the host’s immune defenses. We propose that N. gonorrhoeae also avoids inducing protective immune responses...
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American Society for Microbiology
2011
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