Fig. 4.
NiV tropism for differentiated cells in B-ALI. B-ALI cross-sections showing NiV-M- and NiV-B-infected epithelial cells at day 4 p.i. Magnification × 40. NiV-M-infected (a) ciliated cells (virus in green, cilia in magenta), (b) Clara cells (virus in green, CC10 protein in magenta) and (c) goblet cells (virus in green, Mucin5AC protein in magenta). NiV-B-infected (d) ciliated cells (virus in green, cilia in magenta), (e) Clara cells (virus in green, CC10 protein in magenta) and (f) goblet cells (virus in green, Mucin5AC protein in magenta). Cell nuclei in blue. White arrows show NiV-infected ciliated, Clara or goblet cells. Bars, 10 μm.