The respiratory protease / antiprotease balance determines susceptibility to viral 1 infection and can be modified by nutritional antioxidants

The respiratory protease/antiprotease balance determines susceptibility to viral 1 infection and can be modified by nutritional antioxidants 2 Megan Meyer, Ilona Jaspers 3 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel 4 Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 5 Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, University of North 6 Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 7 Curriculum in Toxicology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 8 Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 9 Correspondence: Ilona Jaspers, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of North 10 Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7310. 11 E-mail: [email protected] 12