Use of the EpiAirway Model for Characterizing Long-term Host-pathogen InteractionsDabin Ren 1, Dayle A. Daines 1
1Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine
This method allows characterization of extended bacterial co-culture with EpiAirways, primary human respiratory epithelial tissue grown at the air-liquid interface, a biologically relevant in vitro model. The approach can be used with any microbe that is amenable to long-term co-culture.
