About the Authors
- Michael J. Tuvim
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Tuvim, Scott E. Evans
Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Lung Inflammation and Infection, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Scott E. Evans
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Tuvim, Scott E. Evans
* E-mail: seevans@mdanderson.org
Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Lung Inflammation and Infection, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Cecilia G. Clement
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Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Burton F. Dickey
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Affiliations Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Lung Inflammation and Infection, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Brian E. Gilbert
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
Authors MJT, CGC and BFD are inventors on a patent application entitled “COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR STIMULATION OF LUNG INNATE IMMUNITY,” involving the use of the means of stimulation used in this manuscript.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MT SEE BD BG. Performed the experiments: MT CC BG. Analyzed the data: SEE BD BG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BG. Wrote the paper: SEE BD.