About the Authors
- James R. Roede
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Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Karan Uppal
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Affiliations Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Youngja Park
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Affiliations Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong City, Korea
- Kichun Lee
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Affiliations Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Vilinh Tran
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Affiliation Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Douglas Walker
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Affiliations Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Frederick H. Strobel
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Shannon L. Rhodes
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Beate Ritz
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Dean P. Jones
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* E-mail: dpjones@emory.edu
Affiliations Clinical Biomarkers Laboratory, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DPJ YHP BR JRR. Performed the experiments: YHP VT DIW. Analyzed the data: JRR KU DIW YHP KL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BR DPJ KU. Wrote the manuscript: JRR KU BR YHP SLR DPJ. Gathered clinical data and serum samples: BR SLR. Analyzed metabolomics data: JRR KU VT YHP FHS DPJ. Reviewed and revised final manuscript: JRR KU YHP VT FHS BR SLR DPJ.