Airway epithelial (nasal) cell monolayers used to study Pseudomonas aeruginosa invasion are hyperpolarized and not representative of the human airway epithelium

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Gerald B Pier. Infect Immun. 2006 Dec.

. 2006 Dec;74(12):7043; author reply 7043-4.

doi: 10.1128/IAI.01233-06.

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Rhamnolipids are virulence factors that promote early infiltration of primary human airway epithelia by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Zulianello L, Canard C, Köhler T, Caille D, Lacroix JS, Meda P. Zulianello L, et al. Infect Immun. 2006 Jun;74(6):3134-47. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01772-05. Infect Immun. 2006. PMID: 16714541 Free PMC article.

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