Interplay between Bladder Microbiota and Urinary Antimicrobial Peptides: Mechanisms for Human Urinary Tract Infection Risk and Symptom Severity

• Vanessa Nienhouse,

  Affiliations The Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Infectious Disease and Immunology Research Institute at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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• Xiang Gao,

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America

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• Qunfeng Dong,

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America

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• David E. Nelson,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

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• Evelyn Toh,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

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• Kathleen McKinley,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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• Paul Schreckenberger,

  Affiliations Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Infectious Disease and Immunology Research Institute at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Pathology at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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• Noriko Shibata,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Infectious Disease and Immunology Research Institute at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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• Cynthia S. Fok,

  Affiliations Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Urology at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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• Elizabeth R. Mueller,

  Affiliations Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Urology at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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• Linda Brubaker,

  Affiliations Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Urology at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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• Alan J. Wolfe,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Infectious Disease and Immunology Research Institute at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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• Katherine A. Radek

  * E-mail: Email: kradek1@luc.edu

  Affiliations The Burn and Shock Trauma Research Institute at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Infectious Disease and Immunology Research Institute at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Surgery at Loyola University Chicago, Health Sciences Division, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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