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The use of a three-dimensional cell culture model to investigate host-pathogen interactions of Francisella tularensis in human lung epithelial cells.
Microbes and infection - 1 Sept 2014
David Jonathan, Sayer Natalie M, Sarkar-Tyson Mitali
Abstract excerpt
Francisella tularensis inhalation results in bacterial interaction with numerous lung cell types, including those of the epithelium. This work investigates a three-dimensional cell-culture system to characterise the epithelial response to F. tularensis. Immortalised human pneumocytes (A549s) grown in rotating-wall vessel (RWV) bioreactors display an in vivo-like phenotype, which has been confirmed to be driven by...
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