About the Authors
- Rogério S. Rosada
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Affiliation Núcleo de Pesquisa em Tuberculose, Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Ana P. Moreira
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Fabiani G. Frantz
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Affiliation Núcleo de Pesquisa em Tuberculose, Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Raj K. Puri
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Affiliation Tumor Vaccines and Biotechnology Branch, Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Aquilur Rahman
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Affiliation NeoPharm Inc., Lake Bluff, Illinois, United States of America
- Theodore J. Standiford
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Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Carlos R. Zárate-Bladés
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Affiliation Núcleo de Pesquisa em Tuberculose, Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Célio L. Silva
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Affiliation Núcleo de Pesquisa em Tuberculose, Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Cory M. Hogaboam
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* E-mail: hogaboam@umich.edu
Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Competing Interests
Aquil Rahman is an employee of NeoPharm, Inc., USA, and he was involved in the design of the experiments reported in this manuscript. All other authors have no conflicts of interest pertaining to this manuscript. They adhere to all policies of PLoS ONE involving the sharing of data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RSR AR CMH. Performed the experiments: RSR APM FGF RKP CMH. Analyzed the data: RSR APM FGF TS CRZB CMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RKP AR TS CLS CMH. Wrote the paper: RSR APM FGF CRZB CLS CMH.