An ex vivo rat trachea model reveals abnormal airway physiology and a gland secretion defect in cystic fibrosis

• Elex Harris,

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

  Affiliations Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1444-6463

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• Molly Easter,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Janna Ren,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Stefanie Krick,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Jarrod Barnes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Steven M. Rowe

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

  * E-mail: smrowe@uab.edu

  Affiliations Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America, Departments of Pediatrics and Cell Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9045-0133

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