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List of works by Catherine M O'Connell

A Chlamydia-Specific TCR-Transgenic Mouse Demonstrates Th1 Polyfunctionality with Enhanced Effector Function.

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A plasmid-cured Chlamydia muridarum strain displays altered plaque morphology and reduced infectivity in cell culture.

scientific article published on June 2006

Analysis of Factors Driving Incident and Ascending Infection and the Role of Serum Antibody in Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Tract Infection

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Anti-chlamydia IgG and IgA are insufficient to prevent endometrial chlamydia infection in women, and increased anti-chlamydia IgG is associated with enhanced risk for incident infection

scientific article published on 18 March 2019

Binding of C4b-binding protein to porin: a molecular mechanism of serum resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Cervical Cytokines Associated With Chlamydia trachomatis Susceptibility and Protection

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infections

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Chlamydial infection increases gonococcal colonization in a novel murine coinfection model.

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Comparable Genital Tract Infection, Pathology, and Immunity in Rhesus Macaques Inoculated with Wild-Type or Plasmid-Deficient Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar D

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Comprehensive Molecular Serology of Human Chlamydia trachomatis Infections by Peptide Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Discovery of Blood Transcriptional Endotypes in Women with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.

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Discovery of Human-Specific Immunodominant Chlamydia trachomatis B Cell Epitopes

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Enhanced neutrophil longevity and recruitment contribute to the severity of oviduct pathology during Chlamydia muridarum infection.

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Enhanced virulence of Chlamydia muridarum respiratory infections in the absence of TLR2 activation.

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Frequency of Chlamydia trachomatis-specific T cell interferon-γ and interleukin-17 responses in CD4-enriched peripheral blood mononuclear cells of sexually active adolescent females

scientific article published in February 2014

Gene Expression Signatures Can Aid Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infection-Induced Endometritis in Women

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Identification of Chlamydia trachomatis Antigens Recognized by T Cells From Highly Exposed Women Who Limit or Resist Genital Tract Infection

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Infectivity acts as in vivo selection for maintenance of the chlamydial cryptic plasmid

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Localization of TLR2 and MyD88 to Chlamydia trachomatis inclusions. Evidence for signaling by intracellular TLR2 during infection with an obligate intracellular pathogen.

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Mucosal Vaccination with UV-Inactivated Chlamydia suis in Pre-Exposed Outbred Pigs Decreases Pathogen Load and Induces CD4 T-Cell Maturation into IFN-γ+ Effector Memory Cells

scientific article published on 02 July 2020

Plasmid-cured Chlamydia caviae activates TLR2-dependent signaling and retains virulence in the guinea pig model of genital tract infection

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Risk factors for Mycoplasma genitalium endometritis and incident infection: a secondary data analysis of the T cell Response Against Chlamydia (TRAC) Study.

scientific article published on 21 March 2018

Simultaneous profiling of sexually transmitted bacterial pathogens, microbiome, and concordant host response in cervical samples using whole transcriptome sequencing analysis

scientific article published on 24 January 2019

Steroids alone or as adjunctive therapy with doxycycline fail to improve oviduct damage in mice infected with Chlamydia muridarum

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T-independent IFNγ and B cells Cooperate to Prevent Mortality Associated with Disseminated Chlamydia muridarum Genital Tract Infection.

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The recall response induced by genital challenge with Chlamydia muridarum protects the oviduct from pathology but not from reinfection

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Toll-like receptor 2 activation by Chlamydia trachomatis is plasmid dependent, and plasmid-responsive chromosomal loci are coordinately regulated in response to glucose limitation by C. trachomatis but not by C. muridarum

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Whole-Exome Sequencing to Identify Novel Biological Pathways Associated With Infertility After Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

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