The respiratory mucus is a very complex biological material, which possesses both flow and
deformation rheological properties, characterized by non-linear and time-dependent …

… An important contribution to the understanding of the persistence of infection in patients with
chronic lung diseases has been performed by Plotkowski and coworkers (19), who showed …

Different bacterial species adhere avidly to respiratory mucus. Such adhesion, when followed
by ciliary clearance, represents an important stage of the airway defense system. However…

… It was maintained on 5% sheep blood agar plates at 4 C and subcultured weekly. A
loopful of pneumococci was transferred from the blood agar plates to the Todd Hewitt culture …

… The endothelial ECV 304 cells were incubated at 37 C in an atmosphere of 95% air, 5%
carbon dioxide and 100% humidity for 7 days and grown in F12 medium supplemented with 10…

We investigated the implication of asialo GM1 as an epithelial receptor in the increased
Pseudomonas aeruginosa affinity for regenerating respiratory epithelial cells from cystic fibrosis (…

… The suspensions were incubated twice for 20 min at 37 C under magnetic stirring and
then filtered and centrifuged at 1500 rpm for 5 min. The pellet was resuspended in 20 ml of …

Shigella rapidly kills myeloid cells via a caspase-1 inflammasome-dependent cell death
mechanism. However, despite a critical role for nonmyeloid cells in the physiopathology of …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most important bacterial pathogen associated with chronic
airway infection, especially in cystic fibrosis. We addressed the question of whether the …

Modifications in the surface charge and hydrophobicity of Staphylococcus aureus Oxford
during growth were studied by analysing electrophoretic mobility and adherence to …