Regional Differences in Susceptibiity of Bronchial Epithelium to Mesenchymal Transition and Inhibition by the Macrolide Antibiotic Azithromycin

• Balarka Banerjee,

  Affiliations School of Paediatrics and Child Health, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australia Lung Transplant Program, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Michael Musk,

  Affiliation Western Australia Lung Transplant Program, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Erika N. Sutanto,

  Affiliation Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, the University of Western Australia, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia

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• Stephanie T. Yerkovich,

  Affiliation School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia

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• Peter Hopkins,

  Affiliation School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia

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• Darryl A. Knight,

  Affiliations University of British Columbia, James Hogg Research Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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• Suzanna Lindsey-Temple,

  Affiliation Centre for Asthma and Allergy Research Institute (CAARR) The Lung Institute of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Stephen M. Stick,

  Affiliations School of Paediatrics and Child Health, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, the University of Western Australia, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia

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• Anthony Kicic ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anthony Kicic, Daniel C. Chambers

  Affiliations School of Paediatrics and Child Health, the University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, the University of Western Australia, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia

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• Daniel C. Chambers

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anthony Kicic, Daniel C. Chambers

  * E-mail: Daniel_Chambers@health.qld.gov.au

  Affiliations School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia, Queensland Lung Transplant Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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