About the Authors
- Preeta Dasgupta
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Current address: Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity Department, MedImmune, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Xiulan Qi
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Affiliation Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Elizabeth P. Smith
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Affiliation Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Achsah D. Keegan
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* E-mail: akeegan@som.umaryland.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Preeta Dasgupta is currently employed at MedImmune, the results shown in this manuscript were obtained when she was a graduate student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. MedImmune did not provide funding for this study and there are no other competing interests relating to consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products. Therefore, this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PD ADK. Performed the experiments: PD XQ EPS. Analyzed the data: PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ADK. Wrote the paper: PD ADK.