Airway Mucus Restricts <named-content content-type="genus-species">Neisseria meningitidis</named-content> Away from Nasopharyngeal Epithelial Cells and Protects the Mucosa from Inflammation

Airway Mucus Restricts <named-content content-type="genus-species">Neisseria meningitidis</named-content> Away from Nasopharyngeal Epithelial Cells and Protects the Mucosa from Inflammation

ABSTRACT Neisseria meningitidis is an inhabitant of the nasopharynx, from which it is transmitted from person to person or disseminates in blood and becomes a harmful pathogen. In this work, we addressed colonization of the nasopharyngeal niche by focusing on the interplay between meningococci and t...

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Main Authors: Mathilde Audry, Catherine Robbe-Masselot, Jean-Philippe Barnier, Benoit Gachet, Bruno Saubaméa, Alain Schmitt, Sophia Schönherr-Hellec, Renaud Léonard, Xavier Nassif, Mathieu Coureuil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-12-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
airway mucus
host-pathogen interaction
meningitis
nasopharynx
Neisseria meningitidis
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00494-19

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00494-19

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