About the Authors
- Annie Pardo
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Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
- Kevin Gibson
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Affiliation The Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Diseases, Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- José Cisneros
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Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico
- Thomas J Richards
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Affiliation The Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Diseases, Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Yinke Yang
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Affiliation The Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Diseases, Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Carina Becerril
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Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico
- Samueal Yousem
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Iliana Herrera
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Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
- Victor Ruiz
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Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico
- Moisés Selman
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Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico City, Mexico
- Naftali Kaminski
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kaminskin@upmc.edu
Affiliation The Dorothy P. and Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Diseases, Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
AP, KG, SY, VR, MS, and NK designed the study. KG, JC, TJR, YY, CB, IH, VR, and NK performed experiments. AP, KG, JC, YY, SY, IH, VR, MS, and NK analyzed the data. AP, KG, MS, and NK enrolled patients. AP, KG, MS, and NK contributed to writing the paper.