Bruiners, Natalie
Ukey, Rahul
Konvinse, Katherine C.
Harris, Marlayna
Kalaycioglu, Muge
Yang, Jason H.
Yang, Emily
Ganapathi, Usha
Honnen, William
Andrews, Tracy
Richlin, Benjamin
Suarez, Christian
Gaur, Sunanda
Kalyoussef, Sabah
Ricciardi, Elizabeth
Hasan, Uzma N.
Cuddy, William
Singh, Aalok R.
Wahezi, Dawn
Rothschild, Evin
Brady, Patrick W.
Lakhani, Saquib A.
Bukulmez, Hulya
Kaelber, David C.
Kimura, Yukiko
Pinter, Abraham
Napoli, Stacey
Moroso-Fela, Sandra
Kleinman, Lawrence C.
Horton, Daniel B.
Utz, Paul J.
Gennaro, Maria Laura
Funding for this research was provided by:
NIAID (R01AI175771)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R33HD105593-03S2)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI158911)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1TR003017)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R38HL143615)
NIH (OT2 HL161847)
Article History
Received: 28 January 2026
Accepted: 31 May 2026
First Online: 12 June 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All study activities were approved by the Rutgers Institutional Review Board and other contributing healthcare systems through the reliant review process (Pro2020002961). Informed consent was obtained from all study participants, along with parental permission and/or assent where applicable. All methods were performed in accordance with institutionally approved protocols (IBC Protocol # 13-495).