New microbicidal functions of tracheal glands: defective anti-infectious response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis.

Tracheal glands (TG) may play a specific role in the pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis (CF), a disease due to mutations in the cftr gene and characterized by airway inflammation and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. We compared the gene expression of wild-type TG cells and TG cells with the cftr Delta...

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Main Authors: Sonia Bastonero, Yannick Le Priol, Martine Armand, Christophe S Bernard, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Daniel Olive, Daniel Parzy, Sophie de Bentzmann, Christian Capo, Jean-Louis Mege
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2670521?pdf=render