About the Authors
- Mihai G Netea
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: M.Netea@aig.umcn.nl
Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America , Nijmegen University Center for Infectious Diseases, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Tania Azam
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- Eli C Lewis
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- Leo A. B Joosten
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Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Maorong Wang
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Affiliation Division of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- Dennis Langenberg
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Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
- Xianzhong Meng
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Affiliation Division of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- Edward D Chan
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Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Sciences, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
- Do-Young Yoon
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Affiliation Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
- Tom Ottenhoff
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Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
- Soo-Hyun Kim
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Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America , Department of Biomedical Science and Technology, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
- Charles A Dinarello
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
MGN, DL, TO, SHK, and CAD designed the study. TA, ECL, LABJ, MW, DL, and XM collected data or did experiments for the study. TA helped generate recombinant IL-32. LABJ participated in IL-32 expression of PBMCs after exposure to LPS and MTB. MW participated in the immunocytochemistry for IL-32 staining in PBMCs treated with different stimuli and took the picture. DL provided the necessary mycobacterial stimulating components and help in using them in the experiments. DYY prepared anti-IL-32 antibodies. CAD developed the assays also. EDC participated in intellectual input and discussions with MGN. MGN, XM, TO, SHK, and CAD analyzed the data. MGN, EDC, TO, and CAD contributed to writing the paper.