Coal Fly Ash Impairs Airway Antimicrobial Peptides and Increases Bacterial Growth

• Jennifer A. Borcherding,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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• Haihan Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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• Juan C. Caraballo,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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• Jonas Baltrusaitis,

  Affiliation Central Microscopy Research Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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• Alejandro A. Pezzulo,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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• Joseph Zabner,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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• Vicki H. Grassian,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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• Alejandro P. Comellas

  * E-mail: alejandro-comellas@uiowa.edu

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

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