Cigarette smoke increases susceptibility to infection in lung epithelial cells by upregulating caveolin-dependent endocytosis

• Parker F. Duffney,

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

  Current address: Curriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America

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• A. Karim Embong,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America

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• Connor C. McGuire,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America

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• Thomas H. Thatcher,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

  Affiliation Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7177-3041

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• Richard P. Phipps,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America

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• Patricia J. Sime

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

  * E-mail: Patricia.Sime@vcuhealth.org

  Current address: Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5101-634X

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