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Pulmonary Cell NewsInvestigators assessed the suitability of primary human bronchial epithelial cells maintained in air-liquid interface as an experimental system for studying SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro.
[American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology]
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O’Sullivan, M. J., Mitchel, J. A., Mwase, C., McGill, M., Kanki, P., & Park, J.-A. (2020). In well-differentiated primary human bronchial epithelial cells, TGF-β1 and TGF-β2 induce expression of furin. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00423.2020 Cite
