… lectin, a fucose-binding lectin expressed on their surface (30, … binding both to the airway
mucins produced by the epithelial … lysosomal protein (Lysosomal-associated membrane protein …

… fumigatus either expressing GFP or RFP cytosolic proteins for 4 h. Monolayers were then …
fumigatus spores has been reported on alveolar, bronchial and primary lung epithelial cells in …

… Non-specific binding was blocked by treatment with 1% bovine … fumigatus typically enters
bronchioles as asexual spores … CFTR protein in CF bronchial epithelial cells homozygous for …

… fumigatus also showed superior binding compared with less … fumigatus culture filtrates,
which are devoid of live spores or … damage the integrity of bronchial epithelial cells grown at an …

… fumigatus isolates. Airway epithelial cells were exposed to conidia from a low or high …
fumigatus, and IL-6 and IL-8 gene expression and protein production were quantified. The role of …

… binding of eight host transcription factors, and expression of nine host response … spore to
hyphal morphological transition of A. fumigatus exposes epithelial cells to a wide range of cell …

… , avidly bind to purified lung mucins. Some proteins that participate in epithelial cell–cell …
indicated that fungal spores can be absorbed by respiratory epithelial cells efficiently and …

… assessing epithelial cell detachment and epithelial cell lysis were … fumigatus spores with the
respiratory epithelium can … Calcofluor white (CFW) that binds to chitin and interferes with the …

… is an opportunistic fungal pathogen with small airborne spores … with lung epithelial cells. For
this purpose, we infected AT II … -cell interactions, including reversible attachment and binding …

… Indeed, most of the inhaled spores are mechanically removed … epithelial cells (mostly type
II pneumocytes) in cooperation with … proteins have been described up to now that bind the α-…