Patients with respiratory allergies and allergic asthma, which are characterized by chronic type 2 airway inflammation, are often less susceptible to severe COVID-19. Lower viral replication is ...
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Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough, adheres specifically to human ciliated respiratory-epithelial cells. In order to identify the adhesins of Bordetella, we tested mutant ...
Ciliates, a group of single-celled ciliated eukaryotes, have been studied since the dawn of light microscopy, with over 10,000 species described. Cilia are the key feature of ciliates and contribute ...
Researchers have found that nasal ciliated cells are targeted at the onset of COVID-19 infection, which may open the potential to prevent infection by establishing nasal mucosal immunity. The COVID-19 ...
The establishment of nasal mucosal immunity against SARS-CoV-2 through a nasal vaccine could be the most efficient way to combat COVID-19 infection. Understanding how viral infection occurs can ...