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Review
. 2023 Jul;21(7):448-462.
doi: 10.1038/s41579-023-00860-y. Epub 2023 Feb 14.

Intracellular lifestyle of Chlamydia trachomatis and host-pathogen interactions

Kathrin Stelzner  1 , Nadine Vollmuth  1 , Thomas Rudel  2
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Intracellular lifestyle of Chlamydia trachomatis and host-pathogen interactions

Kathrin Stelzner et al. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2023 Jul.

Abstract

In recent years, substantial progress has been made in the understanding of the intracellular lifestyle of Chlamydia trachomatis and how the bacteria establish themselves in the human host. As an obligate intracellular pathogenic bacterium with a strongly reduced coding capacity, C. trachomatis depends on the provision of nutrients from the host cell. In this Review, we summarize the current understanding of how C. trachomatis establishes its intracellular replication niche, how its metabolism functions in the host cell, how it can defend itself against the cell autonomous and innate immune response and how it overcomes adverse situations through the transition to a persistent state. In particular, we focus on those processes for which a mechanistic understanding has been achieved.

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