Stress and corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) promote necrotizing enterocolitis in a formula-fed neonatal rat model

• Robert L. Bell,

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

  Affiliations East Bay Surgery Program, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland, California, United States of America, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America, The Permanente Medical Group, Department of Surgery, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

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• Ginger S. Withers,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, United States of America

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• Frans A. Kuypers,

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

  Affiliations Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California, United States of America

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• Wolfgang Stehr ,

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

  * E-mail: Aditi.bhargava@ucsf.edu (AB); wolfgangstehr@gmail.com (WS)

  Current address: Presbyterian Health System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

  ¶‡ Co-senior authors.

  Affiliations Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California, United States of America

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• Aditi Bhargava

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

  * E-mail: Aditi.bhargava@ucsf.edu (AB); wolfgangstehr@gmail.com (WS)

  ¶‡ Co-senior authors.

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1334-0517

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