About the Authors
- Rod Dawson
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Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Rany Condos
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Doris Tse
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Maryann L. Huie
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Stanley Ress
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Affiliation Division of Immunology, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Chi-Hong Tseng
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Clint Brauns
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Affiliation Division of Immunology, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Michael Weiden
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Yoshihiko Hoshino
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Eric Bateman
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Affiliation Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- William N. Rom
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* E-mail: William.Rom@nyumc.edu
Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Bellevue Chest Service, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RD RC SR MW EDB WNR. Performed the experiments: RD RC DT MH SR CB YH. Analyzed the data: RD RC CT MW WNR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RD SR EDB. Wrote the paper: RD RC SR MW EDB WNR.