Alveolar leak develops by a rich-get-richer process in ventilator-induced lung injury

• Katharine L. Hamlington,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vermont Lung Center, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, United States of America

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• Jason H. T. Bates,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Vermont Lung Center, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, United States of America

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• Gregory S. Roy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Vermont Lung Center, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, United States of America

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• Adele J. Julianelle,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Vermont Lung Center, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, United States of America

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• Chantel Charlebois,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Vermont Lung Center, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, United States of America

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• Bela Suki,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Bradford J. Smith

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bradford.smith@ucdenver.edu

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1583-6762

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