About the Authors
- Paul M. Schroder
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America
- Mithun Khattar
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Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America
- Ronghai Deng
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Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America, Organ Transplantation Center, 1st Affiliated Hospital, Sun-Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Aini Xie
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Affiliations Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Wenhao Chen
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* E-mail: wenhaoc@bcm.edu (WC); Stanislaw.Stepkowski@utoledo.edu (SMS)
Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Stanislaw M. Stepkowski
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* E-mail: wenhaoc@bcm.edu (WC); Stanislaw.Stepkowski@utoledo.edu (SMS)
Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PMS MK WC SMS. Performed the experiments: PMS MK RD AX. Analyzed the data: PMS MK RD AX. Wrote the paper: PMS WC SMS.