Publications

Antigen-specific memory and naïve CD4⁺ T cells following secondary Chlamydia trachomatis infection
Helble, J., Mann, AO, Starnbach, MN.
PLoS One

Gamma Interferon Is Required for Chlamydia Clearance but Is Dispensable for T Cell Homing to the Genital Tract
Helble, J., Gonzalez, RJ., von Andrian, UH., Starnbach, MN.
mBio

Pathology after Chlamydia trachomatis infection is driven by nonprotective immune cells that are distinct from protective populations
Like, RS., Helble, J., Olive, AJ., Seiger, KW., Starnbach, MN.
PNAS

Protective immunity against Chlamydia trachomatis can engage both CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and bridge the respiratory and genital mucosae
Nogueira, CV., Zhang, X., Giovannone, N., Sennott, EL., Starnbach, MN.
The Journal of Immunology

PD-L1 limits the mucosal CD8+ T cell response to Chlamydia trachomatis
Fankhauser SC., Starnbach, MN.
The Journal of Immunology

CD4+ T cells are necessary and sufficient to confer protection against Chlamydia trachomatis infection ictn the murine upper genital tract
Gondek, DC., Olive, AJ., Stary, G., Starnbach, MN.
The Journal of Immunology

T cell responses in the absence of IFN-gamma exacerbate uterine infection with Chlamydia trachomatis
Gondek, DC., Roan, NR., Starnbach, MN.
The Journal of Immunology

Antigen-specific CD8+ T cells respond to Chlamydia trachomatis in the genital mucosa
Roan, NR., Starnbach, MN.
The Journal of Immunology

Monitoring the T cell response to genital tract infection
Roan, NR., Gierahn, TM., Higgins, DE., Starnbach, MN.
PNAS

An inclusion membrane protein from Chlamydia trachomatis enters the MHC class I pathway and stimulates a CD8+ T cell response
Starnbach, MN., Loomis, WP., Ovendale, P., Regan, D., Hess, B., Alderson, MR., Fling, SP.
The Journal of Immunology

Gamma interferon production by cytotoxic T lymphocytes is required for resolution of Chlamydia trachomatis infection
Lampe, MF., Wilson, CB., Bevan, MJ., Starnbach, MN.
Infection and Immunity