Table 4.
Description of the origin of five strains of U. diversum, the molecular groups to which they belong, the virulence genes identified and the inflammatory modulation, comparing the gene expression data with the negative control (NC). ↑: increased gene expression
| Strains | Source | MLST | Virulence gene found | Modulation (infected x NC) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 198 | Vulvovaginitis | CC3 | Absence of evaluated genes | ↑TNF-α, IL-6 | |||||||
| S8 | Semen | ST18 | pld | mip | tABC | None modulation | |||||
| 805 | Vulvovaginitis | ST13 | tgl | hlyA | mib | mba | VsA | tABC | None modulation | ||
| BA78 | Vulvovaginitis | CC1 | tgl | hlyA | mib | mip | mba | VsA | tABC | ↑IL-10 | |
| GOTA | Vulvovaginitis | CC2 | pld | tgl | hlyA | mib | mip | mba | VsA | tABC | ↑IL-10 |