About the Authors
- Mona Saffarzadeh
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Affiliation School of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
- Christiane Juenemann
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Affiliation School of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
- Markus A. Queisser
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Affiliations School of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Guenter Lochnit
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Affiliation School of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
- Guillermo Barreto
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Affiliation Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim, Germany
- Sebastian P. Galuska
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Affiliation School of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
- Juergen Lohmeyer
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
- Klaus T. Preissner
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* E-mail: klaus.t.preissner@biochemie.med.uni-giessen.de
Affiliation School of Medicine, Institute of Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MS CJ MAQ KTP. Performed the experiments: MS. Analyzed the data: MS CJ MAQ GL KTP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB SPG JL. Wrote the paper: MS KTP. Contributed to the experimental designs and data interpretation: CJ MAQ. Performed agarose gel electrophoresis: CJ. Contributed to BAL activity measurements: MAQ. Performed and analyzed 2-D gel electrophoreses and proteomics: GL. Providing MLE-12 and AT-II cells: GB. Providing polysialic acid: SPG. Contributed to the design and performance of animal experiments: JL. Principal investigator, main contributor in designing and writing the manuscript: KTP.