About the Authors
- Yoko Nakano
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Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Inflammation Program, University of Iowa, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America
- Sung H. Kim
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
- Hyoung-Mi Kim
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
- Joel D. Sanneman
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
- Yuzhou Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Richard J. H. Smith
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Daniel C. Marcus
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
- Philine Wangemann
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
- Randy A. Nessler
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Affiliation Central Microscopy Research Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Botond Bánfi
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* E-mail: botond-banfi@uiowa.edu
Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Inflammation Program, University of Iowa, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YN DCM PW BB. Performed the experiments: YN SHK HMK JDS YZ RAN. Analyzed the data: YN SHK HMK JDS YZ RJHS DCM PW RAN BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJHS. Wrote the paper: YN DCM PW BB.