Exposure to a firefighting overhaul environment without respiratory protection increases immune dysregulation and lung disease risk

• Stephen J. Gainey,

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

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Gavin P. Horn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Illinois Fire Service Institute, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

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• Albert E. Towers,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Maci L. Oelschlager,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Program in Integrative Immunology and Behavior, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Vincent L. Tir,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Program in Integrative Immunology and Behavior, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

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• Jenny Drnevich,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1401-8311

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• Kenneth W. Fent,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliation Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• Stephen Kerber,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliation Director, UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute, Columbia, Maryland, United States of America

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• Denise L. Smith,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources

  Affiliations Illinois Fire Service Institute, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Health and Human Physiological Sciences, Skidmore College, Saratoga Spring, New York, United States of America

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• Gregory G. Freund

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

  * E-mail: freun@illinois.edu

  Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Program in Integrative Immunology and Behavior, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1368-4117

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