Characterisation of a type II functionally-deficient variant of alpha-1-antitrypsin discovered in the general population

• Mattia Laffranchi ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ ML and ELKE are joint first authors on this work. AF and JAI are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0556-6068

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• Emma L. K. Elliston ,

  Roles Investigation

  ¶‡ ML and ELKE are joint first authors on this work. AF and JAI are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation UCL Respiratory and the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Fabrizio Gangemi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9389-651X

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• Romina Berardelli,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

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• David A. Lomas,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation UCL Respiratory and the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• James A. Irving ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: annamaria.fra@unibs.it (AF); j.irving@ucl.ac.uk (JAI)

  ¶‡ ML and ELKE are joint first authors on this work. AF and JAI are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation UCL Respiratory and the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3204-6356

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• Annamaria Fra

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: annamaria.fra@unibs.it (AF); j.irving@ucl.ac.uk (JAI)

  ¶‡ ML and ELKE are joint first authors on this work. AF and JAI are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4327-3004

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