CD11b immunophenotyping identifies inflammatory profiles in the mouse and human lungs

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank Karlheinz Peter for providing CD11b<SUP>-/-</SUP> mice; the respiratory registrars and Michelle Thomson at the Royal Melbourne Hospital for patient consent; Maverick Lau for TUNEL staining protocols; Evelyn Tsantikos for SHIP-1<SUP>-/-</SUP> genotyping; the AMREP flow cytometry facility for support; Stephen Cody and Chad Johnson from Monash Micro Imaging (Monash University) for scientific and technical assistance; and Kylie Spark, Steve Comber; and Naomi Borg from MICU and MARP animal facilities (Monash University) for monitoring the animals. This work was made possible through funding from the NHMRC, Australia; project grants 1008298 and 1080274 (to M.L.H. and G.P.A.) and 1067244 (to M.E.), program grant 1071916 (to W.C.) and support from the Victorian State Government Operational Infrastructure Scheme. M.D. was a recipient of a Cancer Research Institute Scholarship and the Nick Christopher Top-Up Scholarship, while M.E., W.C. and M.L.H. were supported by NHMRC Research Fellowships.