Dual oxic-anoxic co-culture enables direct study of host-anaerobe interactions at the airway epithelial interface
P. J. Moore, T. D. Wiggen, L. A. Kent, S. J. Arif, S. K. Lucas, J. R. Fletcher, A. R. Villareal, A. R. Gilbertsen, S. M. O'Grady, R. C. Hunter
The paper introduces a dual oxic-anoxic co-culture system to study host-anaerobe interactions in airway epithelial cells and shows its utility in revealing mucus degradation and transcriptional responses to anaerobe infection.
bioRxiv · Mar 5, 2021Microbiology