About the Authors
- Shivanee Shah
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Erin Lowery
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Rudolf K. Braun
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Alicia Martin
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Nick Huang
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Melissa Medina
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Periannan Sethupathi
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Yoichi Seki
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Mariko Takami
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Kathryn Byrne
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Christopher Wigfield
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Robert B. Love
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Contributed equally to this work with: Robert B. Love, Makio Iwashima
Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Makio Iwashima
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Contributed equally to this work with: Robert B. Love, Makio Iwashima
* E-mail: miwashima@lumc.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SS EL RB RBL MI. Performed the experiments: SS EL RKB AM NH MM PS YS MT KB CW MI. Analyzed the data: SS EL RKB AM NH MM PS YS MT KB CW RBL MI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RBL MI. Wrote the paper: SS EL RKB NH RBL MI.