Plant flavones enhance antimicrobial activity of respiratory epithelial cell secretions against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

• Benjamin M. Hariri,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Derek B. McMahon,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Bei Chen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Nithin D. Adappa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• James N. Palmer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• David W. Kennedy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Robert J. Lee

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rjl@mail.med.upenn.edu

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5826-6686

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