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10.1172/JCI198292
The epidermal growth factor receptor regulates bacterial clearance in cystic fibrosis airway neutrophils
Lawrence W. Rasmussen,1 Deepali Luthra,2 Diego Moncada-Giraldo,2 Crystal Lewis,3 Yixel M. Soto-Vazquez,1 Zhuo Li,2 Buqu Hu,4 Brian S. Dobosh,2 Delores A. Stacks,3 Jonathan L. Koff,4 Amit Gaggar,1 Rabindra Tirouvanziam,2 and Camilla Margaroli3
1Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
2Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, United States of America
3Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States of America
4Department of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, United States of America
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