Neutrophils internalise conidia in living lung slices.

A Lys-EGFP mouse was treated as described for movie 4. The movie shows a single neutrophil (green) with a conidium (light blue) inside of the cell. To demonstrate that the conidium is really inside, the entire cell has been reconstructed from a Z-stack and is rotated.
Reference: Production of Extracellular Traps against Aspergillus fumigatus In Vitro and in Infected Lung Tissue Is Dependent on Invading Neutrophils and Influenced by Hydrophobin RodA. Bruns et. al. PLoS Pathog. 2010 Apr 29;6(4):e1000873.
http://www.plospathogens.org/article/…


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