Hasan, Shakir; Kulkarni, Nikhil Nitin; Asbjarnarson, Arni; Linhartova, Irena; Osicka, Radim; Sebo, Peter; Gudmundsson, Gudmundur H
(American Society for Microbiology, 2017-12-04)
The airway epithelium restricts the penetration of inhaled pathogens into the underlying tissue and plays a crucial role in the innate immune defense against respiratory infections. The whooping cough agent, Bordetella pertussis, adheres to ciliated ...