ZEB1 and chlamydia trachomatis infectious disease: Furthermore, chlamydial infection caused a sustained suppression of key members of miR-200 family (miR-200a, -200b, -200c and -429) that maintain epithelial integrity phenotype by preventing EMT through downregulation of EMT-promoting transcription factors, especially the zinc finger E-box binding homeobox proteins ZEB1, ZEB2 and SIP1 proteins, [15,24].