Faculty

Cho-chou Kuo

Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology


Education

MD National Taiwan University, 1960
PhD Preventive Medicine, University of Washington, 1970

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Research Interests

Antigenic analysis, immunology and pathogenesis of chlamydiae

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae as a cause of coronary heart disease: the hypothesis is still untested.
(2015 Feb)
Pathog Dis 73(1): 1-9
Grayston JT, Belland RJ, Byrne GI, Kuo CC, Schachter J, Stamm WE, Zhong G

Emendation of the family Chlamydiaceae: proposal of a single genus, Chlamydia, to include all currently recognized species.
(2015 Mar)
Syst Appl Microbiol 38(2): 99-103
Sachse K, Bavoil PM, Kaltenboeck B, Stephens RS, Kuo CC, Rosselló-Móra R, Horn M

Chlamydia pneumoniae induces expression of pro-atherogenic factors through activation of the lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1.
(2013 Oct)
Pathog Dis 69(1): 1-6
Campbell LA, Lee AW, Rosenfeld ME, Kuo CC

Chlamydia pneumoniae binds to the lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor for infection of endothelial cells.
(2012 Jan)
Microbes Infect 14(1): 43-9
Campbell LA, Puolakkainen M, Lee A, Rosenfeld ME, Garrigues HJ, Kuo CC

The acute phase reactant response to respiratory infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae: implications for the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
(2010 Aug)
Microbes Infect 12(8-9): 598-606
Campbell LA, Yaraei K, Van Lenten B, Chait A, Blessing E, Kuo CC, Nosaka T, Ricks J, Rosenfeld ME

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