The nasal epithelium is the primary barrier site encountered by all respiratory pathogens. Here, we outline methods to use primary nasal epithelial cells grown as air-liquid interface (ALI) cultures to characterize human coronavirus-host interactions in a physiologically relevant system.
Otter, C. J., Fausto, A., Tan, L. H., Weiss, S. R., Cohen, N. A. Infection of Primary Nasal Epithelial Cells Grown at an Air-Liquid Interface to Characterize Human Coronavirus-Host Interactions. J. Vis. Exp. (199), e64868, doi:10.3791/64868 (2023).