PURPOSE
Human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells and endothelial cells (HUVECs) are targets of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in vivo with significantly protracted replication in vitro… (More)
The infection of cultured endothelial cells with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is generally limited to less than 10% of the cells in contrast to HCMV infection of fibroblasts, where essentially all… (More)
There is increasing evidence for cytomegalovirus (CMV) induced vascular pathology during acute infection in the immunocompromised host. Inflammation is involved in such processes, which is frequently… (More)
Several clinical findings point to the involvement of microvascular endothelial cells in cytomegalovirus-related pathology. In this study the interactions of cytomegalovirus (CMV) with microvascular… (More)
BACKGROUND
We evaluated whether measuring chlamydia genus- and species-specific immunoglobulin (Ig) G antibodies might improve the predictive value of C. trachomatis antibody testing (CAT) in… (More)
Human embryonal fibroblasts (HEF) are fully permissive for infection by human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) strain AD169, whereas human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) seem to form an almost… (More)