Caixia Shen

Floating-zone growth and property characterizations of high-quality La2-xSrxCuO4 single crystals (2009)

Shen, Xiaoli, Li, Zhengcai, Shen, Caixia, Lu, Wei, Dong, Xiaoli, Zhou*, Fang, ...

We have grown underdoped (x = 0.11, 0.12) and optimally doped (x = 0.16) La2-xSrxCuO4 (LSCO) crystals by traveling-solvent floating-zone (TSFZ) technique. In order to obtain LSCO single crystals of...

Chlamydia trachomatis Serology in Women with and without Ovarian Cancer (2008)

Roberta B. Ness, Caixia Shen, Debra Bass, Carlynn Jackson, Kristen Moysich, Robert Edwards, ...

Pelvic inflammation has been implicated in the genesis of ovarian cancer. We conducted serologic measurements of Chlamydia trachomatis antibodies as a surrogate marker of chlamydial pelvic...

Chlamydia trachomatis Serology in Women with and without Ovarian Cancer (2008)

Roberta B. Ness, Caixia Shen, Debra Bass, Carlynn Jackson, Kristen Moysich, Robert Edwards, ...

Pelvic inflammation has been implicated in the genesis of ovarian cancer. We conducted serologic measurements of Chlamydia trachomatis antibodies as a surrogate marker of chlamydial pelvic...

Priming with Chlamydia trachomatis Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) DNA followed by MOMP ISCOM Boosting Enhances Protection and Is Associated with Increased Immunoglobulin A and Th1 Cellular Immune Responses

Dong-Ji, Zhang, Yang, Xi, Shen, Caixia, Lu, Hong, Murdin, Andrew, Brunham, Robert C.

We previously reported that DNA vaccination was able to elicit cellular immune responses and partial protection against Chlamydia trachomatis infection. However, DNA immunization alone did not...

Molecular Detection and Seroepidemiology of the Chlamydia pneumoniae Bacteriophage (ΦCpn1)

Karunakaran, Karuna P., Blanchard, James F., Raudonikiene, Ausra, Shen, Caixia, Murdin, Andrew D., Brunham, Robert C.

Recent whole-genome analysis has demonstrated limited genetic variation in Chlamydia pneumoniae, with one strain (AR39) containing a 4,524 nucleotide single-stranded DNA bacteriophage, ΦCpn1. Using...

Molecular Analysis of the Multiple GroEL Proteins of Chlamydiae

Karunakaran, Karuna P., Noguchi, Yasuyuki, Read, Timothy D., Cherkasov, Artem, Kwee, Jeffrey, Shen, Caixia, ...

Genome sequencing revealed that all six chlamydiae genomes contain three groEL-like genes (groEL1, groEL2, and groEL3). Phylogenetic analysis of groEL1, groEL2, and groEL3 indicates that these genes...

A Live and Inactivated Chlamydia trachomatis Mouse Pneumonitis Strain Induces the Maturation of Dendritic Cells That Are Phenotypically and Immunologically Distinct

Rey-Ladino, Jose, Koochesfahani, Kasra M., Zaharik, Michelle L., Shen, Caixia, Brunham, Robert C.

The intracellular bacterial pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis is a major cause of sexually transmitted disease worldwide. While protective immunity does appear to develop following natural chlamydial...

Priming with Chlamydia trachomatis Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) DNA followed by MOMP ISCOM Boosting Enhances Protection and Is Associated with Increased Immunoglobulin A and Th1 Cellular Immune Responses

Dong-Ji, Zhang, Yang, Xi, Shen, Caixia, Lu, Hong, Murdin, Andrew, Brunham, Robert C.

We previously reported that DNA vaccination was able to elicit cellular immune responses and partial protection against Chlamydia trachomatis infection. However, DNA immunization alone did not...

Molecular Detection and Seroepidemiology of the Chlamydia pneumoniae Bacteriophage (ΦCpn1)

Karunakaran, Karuna P., Blanchard, James F., Raudonikiene, Ausra, Shen, Caixia, Murdin, Andrew D., Brunham, Robert C.

Recent whole-genome analysis has demonstrated limited genetic variation in Chlamydia pneumoniae, with one strain (AR39) containing a 4,524 nucleotide single-stranded DNA bacteriophage, ΦCpn1. Using...

Molecular Analysis of the Multiple GroEL Proteins of Chlamydiae

Karunakaran, Karuna P., Noguchi, Yasuyuki, Read, Timothy D., Cherkasov, Artem, Kwee, Jeffrey, Shen, Caixia, ...

Genome sequencing revealed that all six chlamydiae genomes contain three groEL-like genes (groEL1, groEL2, and groEL3). Phylogenetic analysis of groEL1, groEL2, and groEL3 indicates that these genes...

A Live and Inactivated Chlamydia trachomatis Mouse Pneumonitis Strain Induces the Maturation of Dendritic Cells That Are Phenotypically and Immunologically Distinct

Rey-Ladino, Jose, Koochesfahani, Kasra M., Zaharik, Michelle L., Shen, Caixia, Brunham, Robert C.

The intracellular bacterial pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis is a major cause of sexually transmitted disease worldwide. While protective immunity does appear to develop following natural chlamydial...

Survival of Chlamydia muridarum within Dendritic Cells▿

Rey-Ladino, Jose, Jiang, Xiaozhou, Gabel, Brent R., Shen, Caixia, Brunham, Robert C.

Immune responses to Chlamydia trachomatis underlay both immunity and immunopathology. Immunopathology in turn has been attributed to chronic persistent infection with persistence being defined as the...

Genetic profiling of dendritic cells exposed to live- or ultraviolet-irradiated Chlamydia muridarum reveals marked differences in CXC chemokine profiles

Zaharik, Michelle L, Nayar, Tarun, White, Rick, Ma, Caixia, Vallance, Bruce A, Straka, Nadine, ...

Chlamydia trachomatis is a major cause of sexually transmitted disease worldwide for which an effective vaccine is being actively pursued. Current vaccine efforts will be aided by elucidating the...

Characterization of Murine Dendritic Cell Line JAWS II and Primary Bone Marrow-Derived Dendritic Cells in Chlamydia muridarum Antigen Presentation and Induction of Protective Immunity▿

Jiang, Xiaozhou, Shen, Caixia, Rey-Ladino, Jose, Yu, Hong, Brunham, Robert C.

Dendritic cells (DCs) appear to orchestrate much of the immunobiology of Chlamydia infection, but most studies of Chlamydia-DC interaction have been limited by the availability and heterogeneity of...