Chronic Alcohol Exposure Renders Epithelial Cells Vulnerable to Bacterial Infection

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Stephen Wood,

Affiliation Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Ravi Pithadia,

Affiliation Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Tooba Rehman,

Affiliation Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Lijuan Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Jennifer Plichta,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
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Katherine A. Radek,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Campus, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
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Christopher Forsyth,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Ali Keshavarzian,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Sasha H. Shafikhani

* E-mail: Sasha_Shafikhani@rush.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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