About the Authors
- Minlong Zhang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Minlong Zhang, Mingqing Dong
Affiliation Department of Respiration, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China
- Mingqing Dong
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Contributed equally to this work with: Minlong Zhang, Mingqing Dong
Affiliations Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, Lung Injury and Repair Center, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China
- Wei Liu
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Affiliations Department of Respiration, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, Lung Injury and Repair Center, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China
- Li Wang
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Affiliation Department of Respiration, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China
- Ying Luo
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Affiliations Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, Lung Injury and Repair Center, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China
- Zhichao Li
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* E-mail: lizhic@fmmu.edu.cn (ZL); jinfag@fmmu.edu.cn (FJ)
Affiliations Department of Pathology and Pathophysiology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, Lung Injury and Repair Center, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China
- Faguang Jin
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* E-mail: lizhic@fmmu.edu.cn (ZL); jinfag@fmmu.edu.cn (FJ)
Affiliations Department of Respiration, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, Lung Injury and Repair Center, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FGJ ZCL. Analyzed the data: MLZ MQD. Wrote the paper: FGJ ZCL MLZ MQD. Carried out cell culture, PCR, Western blot, measurement of cell monolayer permeability: MLZ MQD. Performed lung morphology, lung wet/dry weight ratio analysis, assessment of extravasation of Evans blue and Elisa: WL LW YL. Read and approved final manuscript: FGJ ZCL MLZ MQD WL LW YL.