Peroxidasin contributes to lung host defense by direct binding and killing of gram-negative bacteria

• Ruizheng Shi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Current address: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Zehong Cao,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Hong Li,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Current address: Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America.

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Jochen Graw,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Neuherberg, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0298-9660

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• Guogang Zhang,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8678-2167

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• Victor J. Thannickal,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Guangjie Cheng

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

  * E-mail: gjcheng@uab.edu

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9368-379X

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