The function of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors PPAR-γ and PPAR-δ in Mycobacterium leprae-induced foam cell formation in host macrophages

• Yuqian Luo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Medical Technology, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China

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• Kazunari Tanigawa,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharma-Science, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Akira Kawashima,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Medical Technology, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yuko Ishido,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Medical Technology, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan

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• Norihisa Ishii,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Koichi Suzuki

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: koichis0923@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Medical Technology, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8659-4660

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