Immune Defense in Upper Airways: A Single-Cell Study of Pathogen-Specific Plasmablasts and Their Migratory Potentials in Acute Sinusitis and Tonsillitis

• Nina V. Palkola,

  Affiliations Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Karin Blomgren,

  Affiliation Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Sari H. Pakkanen,

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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• Ritvaleena Puohiniemi,

  Affiliation Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory (HUSLAB), University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Jussi M. Kantele,

  Affiliation Occupational Health and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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• Anu Kantele

  * E-mail: anu.kantele@hus.fi

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Inflammation Center, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine/Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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