M. Puolakkainen

Publication List Details

Period

1999 - 2001

Number

14

Co-Authors

Isolation and sequence analysis of the Chlamydia pneumoniae GroE operon.

Kikuta, L C, Puolakkainen, M, Kuo, C C, Campbell, L A

Chlamydia pneumoniae has emerged as an important human respiratory pathogen. From a lambda gt11 gene bank constructed from C. pneumoniae isolate AR-39 DNA, an immunoreactive plaque containing a...

Serological response to Chlamydia pneumoniae in adults with coronary arterial fatty streaks and fibrolipid plaques.

Puolakkainen, M, Kuo, C C, Shor, A, Wang, S P, Grayston, J T, Campbell, L A

The antigen-specific serological response to Chlamydia pneumoniae was studied in 45 adults with coronary artery atherosclerosis and compared with that in 40 adults with acute respiratory infection....

Persistence of chlamydial antibodies after pelvic inflammatory disease.

Puolakkainen, M, Vesterinen, E, Purola, E, Saikku, P, Paavonen, J

The persistence of chlamydial immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies and long-term sequelae of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) were studied in 70 women who had been treated for PID 3 to 6 years...

Comparative sensitivity of different serological tests for detecting chlamydial antibodies in perihepatitis.

Puolakkainen, M, Saikku, P, Leinonen, M, Nurminen, M, Väänänen, P, Mäkelä, P H

The value of several serological tests was assessed by studying sera from 30 women with clinical findings of perihepatitis and a high chlamydial antibody titre in the indirect immunofluorescence...

Chlamydia trachomatis detected in human placenta.

Gencay, M, Puolakkainen, M, Wahlström, T, Ammälä, P, Mannonen, L, Vaheri, A, ...

AIMS: To evaluate the relation between Chlamydia trachomatis infection and stillbirth, placental tissue was studied for the presence of C trachomatis. METHODS: Paraffin wax embedded placental tissue...

Isolation and sequence analysis of the Chlamydia pneumoniae GroE operon.

Kikuta, L C, Puolakkainen, M, Kuo, C C, Campbell, L A

Chlamydia pneumoniae has emerged as an important human respiratory pathogen. From a lambda gt11 gene bank constructed from C. pneumoniae isolate AR-39 DNA, an immunoreactive plaque containing a...

Serological response to Chlamydia pneumoniae in adults with coronary arterial fatty streaks and fibrolipid plaques.

Puolakkainen, M, Kuo, C C, Shor, A, Wang, S P, Grayston, J T, Campbell, L A

The antigen-specific serological response to Chlamydia pneumoniae was studied in 45 adults with coronary artery atherosclerosis and compared with that in 40 adults with acute respiratory infection....

Persistence of chlamydial antibodies after pelvic inflammatory disease.

Puolakkainen, M, Vesterinen, E, Purola, E, Saikku, P, Paavonen, J

The persistence of chlamydial immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies and long-term sequelae of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) were studied in 70 women who had been treated for PID 3 to 6 years...

Comparative sensitivity of different serological tests for detecting chlamydial antibodies in perihepatitis.

Puolakkainen, M, Saikku, P, Leinonen, M, Nurminen, M, Väänänen, P, Mäkelä, P H

The value of several serological tests was assessed by studying sera from 30 women with clinical findings of perihepatitis and a high chlamydial antibody titre in the indirect immunofluorescence...

Chlamydia trachomatis detected in human placenta.

Gencay, M, Puolakkainen, M, Wahlström, T, Ammälä, P, Mannonen, L, Vaheri, A, ...

AIMS: To evaluate the relation between Chlamydia trachomatis infection and stillbirth, placental tissue was studied for the presence of C trachomatis. METHODS: Paraffin wax embedded placental tissue...

Infectious background of patients with a history of acute anterior uveitis

Huhtinen, M, Laasila, K, Granfors, K, Puolakkainen, M, Seppala, I, Laasonen, L, ...

Objective: To study the infectious backround of patients with a history of acute anterior uveitis (AAU) and healthy control subjects.

Depletion of CD8+ cells abolishes memory in acquired immunity against Chlamydia pneumoniae in BALB/c mice

Penttilä, J M, Anttila, M, Varkila, K, Puolakkainen, M, Sarvas, M, Mäkelä, P H, ...

The importance of T cells in Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in mice was assessed by comparing wild-type BALB/c mice with nude mice and mice depleted in vivo of either CD4+ or CD8+ T cells. Whereas...