Immunization of Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn)-infected Apob(tm2Sgy)Ldlr(tm1Her)/J mice with a combined peptide of Cpn significantly reduces atherosclerotic lesion development.

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Published in PLoS One on December 13, 2013

Authors

Min Xia1, Daxin Chen2, Valeria Endresz3, Ildiko Faludi3, Andrea Szabo4, Eva Gonczol5, Vijay Kakkar6, Xinjie Lu1

Author Affiliations

1: The Mary and Garry Weston Molecular Immunology Laboratory, Thrombosis Research Institute, London, United Kingdom.
2: The Mary and Garry Weston Molecular Immunology Laboratory, Thrombosis Research Institute, London, United Kingdom ; MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
3: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunobiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
4: Institute of Surgical Research, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
5: Virology, National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary.
6: The Mary and Garry Weston Molecular Immunology Laboratory, Thrombosis Research Institute, London, United Kingdom ; Thrombosis Research Institute, Bangalore, India.

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