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Moraxella catarrhalis adheres to the extracellular matrix in the respiratory tract.
Moraxella catarrhalis adheres to the extracellular matrix in the respiratory tract. Cartoon that illustrates a disrupted bronchial epithelium and how M. catarrhalis colonises the human lung by using ubiquitous surface protein (Usp) A1 and UspA2 to adhere to laminin, collagen, fibronectin (Fn) and vitronectin (Vn). For simplicity, MID and AfeA were omitted from this cartoon. Reproduced and modified from [17] with permission. Magnus Paulsson, and Kristian Riesbeck Eur Respir Rev 2018;27:180018 ©2018 by European Respiratory Society
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