Water Filtered Infrared A and Visible Light (wIRA/VIS) Irradiation Reduces Chlamydia trachomatis Infectivity Independent of Targeted Cytokine Inhibition

Water Filtered Infrared A and Visible Light (wIRA/VIS) Irradiation Reduces Chlamydia trachomatis Infectivity Independent of Targeted Cytokine Inhibition

Chlamydia trachomatis is the major cause of infectious blindness and represents the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection worldwide. Considering the potential side effects of antibiotic therapy and increasing threat of antibiotic resistance, alternative therapeutic strategies are need...

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Main Authors: Jasmin Kuratli, Theresa Pesch, Hanna Marti, Cory Ann Leonard, Christian Blenn, Paul Torgerson, Nicole Borel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Chlamydia trachomatis
Celastrol
Maraviroc
wIRA irradiation
wIRA/VIS
cytokine gene silencing
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02757/full

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