Ciliated respiratory epithelial monolayers: new model for Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
Hamster respiratory epithelial cells were cultured in a monolayer format, and 20% of the cells were ciliated. Mycoplasma pneumoniae attached to the epithelial cells in a neuraminidase-specific fashion and induced ciliostasis and cytonecrosis.
D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002923:Cilia / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006224:Cricetinae; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D014132:Trachea / Q000648:ultrastructure*