Staphylococcus aureus enhances the tight junction barrier integrity in healthy nasal tissue, but not in nasal polyps

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018 Aug;142(2):665-668.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.01.046. Epub 2018 Mar 5.

¹ Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos, Switzerland.
² Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing TongRen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
⁴ Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium; Division of ENT diseases, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁶ Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos, Switzerland. Electronic address: akdisac@siaf.uzh.ch.

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