Particulate matter containing environmentally persistent free radicals induces AhR-dependent cytokine and reactive oxygen species production in human bronchial epithelial cells

• Ashlyn C. Harmon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA United States of America

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• Valeria Y. Hebert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Neuroscience, LSU Health Sciences Center–Shreveport, Shreveport, LA United States of America

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• Stephania A. Cormier,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA United States of America

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• Balamurugan Subramanian,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA United States of America

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• James R. Reed,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA United States of America

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• Wayne L. Backes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA United States of America

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• Tammy R. Dugas

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tammydugas@lsu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4763-0603

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