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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Fungi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/4/1/8 |