Respiratory Tract Epithelial Cells Express Retinaldehyde Dehydrogenase ALDH1A and Enhance IgA Production by Stimulated B Cells in the Presence of Vitamin A

• Rajeev Rudraraju,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Bart G. Jones,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Sherri L. Surman,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Robert E. Sealy,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Paul G. Thomas,

  Affiliations Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Julia L. Hurwitz

  * E-mail: julia.hurwitz@stjude.org

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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