A lung-on-chip model of early Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection reveals an essential role for alveolar epithelial cells in controlling bacterial growth

We establish a murine lung-on-chip infection model and use time-lapse imaging to reveal the dynamics of host-Mycobacterium tuberculosis interactions at an air-liquid interface with a spatiotemporal resolution unattainable in animal models and to probe the direct role of pulmonary surfactant in early...

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Main Authors: Vivek V Thacker, Neeraj Dhar, Kunal Sharma, Riccardo Barrile, Katia Karalis, John D McKinney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-11-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/59961