Research Article

Cystic Fibrosis Mice Are Highly Susceptible to Repeated Acute Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia after Intranasal Inoculation

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Neutrophil effector functions in CF and non-CF mice. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation and phagocytosis were examined as neutrophil effector functions in (a) lung neutrophils post one-time PA instillation (PAx1), (b) lung neutrophils post two-time instillation (PAx2), and (c) blood naïve neutrophils. Data are presented as ( per group). One-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc analysis was performed to examine statistical significance. ns = not significant. . (d) The role of blood in bacterial killing was examined by coincubating 100 μL blood and  CFU PA for four hours. Data are shown as ( per group) in log scale. Student test was performed on log10-transformed CFU values. ns = not significant.
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