Researchers are exploring whether these ubiquitous fluorinated molecules might worsen infections or hamper vaccine effectiveness.
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Edited* by Clifford J. Tabin, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, and approved October 26, 2010 (received for review May 27, 2010)
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- Published in issue December 14, 2010.
- Published first November 22, 2010.
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- David Enshell-Seijffersa,1,
- Catherine Lindona,
- Eleanor Wua,
- Makoto M. Taketob, and
- Bruce A. Morgana,1
- aCutaneous Biology Research Center, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129; and
- bDepartment of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoé-cho, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Edited* by Clifford J. Tabin, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, and approved October 26, 2010 (received for review May 27, 2010)
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- 1To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail: david.enshell{at}cbrc2.mgh.harvard.edu or bruce.morgan{at}cbrc2.mgh.harvard.edu.
Author contributions: D.E.-S. and B.A.M. designed research; D.E.-S., C.L., and E.W. performed research; M.M.T. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; D.E.-S. and B.A.M. analyzed data; and D.E.-S. and B.A.M. wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
↵*This Direct Submission article had a prearranged editor.
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