Anti-Aspergillus Activities of the Respiratory Epithelium in Health and Disease

Anti-Aspergillus Activities of the Respiratory Epithelium in Health and Disease

Respiratory epithelia fulfil multiple roles beyond that of gaseous exchange, also acting as primary custodians of lung sterility and inflammatory homeostasis. Inhaled fungal spores pose a continual antigenic, and potentially pathogenic, challenge to lung integrity against which the human respiratory...

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Main Authors: Margherita Bertuzzi, Gemma E. Hayes, Uju J. Icheoku, Norman van Rhijn, David W. Denning, Nir Osherov, Elaine M. Bignell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Fungi
Subjects:
Aspergillus fumigatus
respiratory epithelium
airway epithelial cells (AECs)
spore uptake
epithelial responses
morphotypes
fungal pathogenesis
internalization
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/4/1/8

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