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For example, an increase in asialo-GM 1 glycoproteins on the apical surface of CF airway epithelial cells provides greater opportunity for adhesion by the type IV pili of P. aeruginosa [ 3 7 8 ] . Furthermore, the first extracellular domain of wild type CFTR has been found to act as a P. aeruginosa -specific receptor, which is involved in the clearance of P. aeruginosa from the airways via epithelial cell desquamation [ 9 10 11 ] , a process greatly impaired in the CF lung.
To assess the potential role of pili in biofilm formation, a variant of a strain of nontypeable H. influenzae which lacks expression of pili was tested for biofilm formation along with its isogenic parent strain.
Role of pili in biofilm formation
This observation parallels that made in several other bacterial species showing the pili are critical in the early stages of biofilm formation [ 36 41 ] .
In view of these lines of evidence suggesting that nontypeable H influenzae grows as a biofilm during human respiratory tract infection, the goals of the present study are to 1) Develop an assay to study biofilms of nontypeable H. influenzae in vitro; 2) Characterize the extent to which isolates from the middle ear fluid of children with otitis media and from the sputum of adults with COPD form biofilms; 3) Begin to elucidate the characteristics of the outer membrane antigens of nontypeable H. influenzae during growth as a biofilm; and 4) Preliminarily assess the role of pili in biofilm formation.