| Literature DB >> 18411317 |
Ali A Abdul Sater1, David M Ojcius, Matthew P Meyer.
Abstract
Hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) is used as a neutral excipient in microbicides used against sexually transmitted pathogens. However, HEC inhibits the infection of cervical epithelial cells by Chlamydia trachomatis at pH 5 in a concentration-dependent manner. At pH 7, infection is inversely dependent on the concentration of HEC, possibly due to pH-dependent calcium sequestration.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18411317 PMCID: PMC2443922 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00785-07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191