Airway microbiome composition correlates with lung function and arterial stiffness in an age-dependent manner

Shuen Yee Lee; Micheál Mac Aogáin; Kai Deng Fam; Kar Ling Chia; Nur A’tikah Binte Mohamed Ali; Margaret M. C. Yap; Eric P. H. Yap; Sanjay H. Chotirmall; Chin Leong Lim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225636

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Airway microbiome composition correlates with lung function and arterial stiffness in an age-dependent manner

Shuen Yee Lee ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuen Yee Lee, Micheál Mac Aogáin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Micheál Mac Aogáin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shuen Yee Lee, Micheál Mac Aogáin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Kai Deng Fam,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Kar Ling Chia,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Nur A’tikah Binte Mohamed Ali,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Margaret M. C. Yap,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Eric P. H. Yap,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision

Affiliation Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Sanjay H. Chotirmall ,

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

¶‡ Joint Senior Authors

Affiliation Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0417-7607

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Chin Leong Lim

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

* E-mail: fabianlim@ntu.edu.sg

¶‡ Joint Senior Authors

Affiliation Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3863-0994

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Airway microbiome composition correlates with lung function and arterial stiffness in an age-dependent manner

Shuen Yee Lee,
Micheál Mac Aogáin,
Kai Deng Fam,
Kar Ling Chia,
Nur A’tikah Binte Mohamed Ali,
Margaret M. C. Yap,
Eric P. H. Yap,
Sanjay H. Chotirmall,
Chin Leong Lim

Published: November 26, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225636

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