Alternaria-Induced Release of IL-18 from Damaged Airway Epithelial Cells: An NF-κB Dependent Mechanism of Th2 Differentiation?

• Hiroki Murai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroki Murai, Huibin Qi, Barun Choudhury

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Huibin Qi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroki Murai, Huibin Qi, Barun Choudhury

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Barun Choudhury ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hiroki Murai, Huibin Qi, Barun Choudhury

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Jim Wild,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Nilesh Dharajiya,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Swapnil Vaidya,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Anjana Kalita,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Attila Bacsi,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• David Corry,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Alexander Kurosky,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Allan Brasier,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Istvan Boldogh,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Sanjiv Sur

  * E-mail: sasur@utmb.edu

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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