Exaggerated Acute Lung Injury and Impaired Antibacterial Defenses During Staphylococcus aureus Infection in Rats with the Metabolic Syndrome

• Xiaomei Feng,

  Affiliations Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

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• Mervyn Maze ,

  * E-mail: mervyn.maze@ucsf.edu

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Lauren G. Koch,

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Steven L. Britton,

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Judith Hellman

  Affiliation Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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