Objective To explore the manner in which intravaginal infection with Chlamydia muridarum causes renal lesions in the absence of Il-12.Methods C57BL/6J wild-type (wt)and mice deficient in IL-12p35 (IL-12p35 KO)and IL-12p40 (IL-12p40 KO)were intravaginally inoculated with 1×10~4 IFUs of live C.muridarum.Ten mice in each group were sacrificed on day 45,87,and 100 after infection.Kidney,urinary tract,bladder,lung,liver,spleen,and heart tissues were isolated and added to pre-cooled SPG,homogenized using a tissue homogenizer,sonicated,diluted,and us...