Early Cytokine Release in Response to Live Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Spirochetes Is Largely Complement Independent

• Kerstin Sandholm ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kerstin Sandholm, Anna J. Henningsson

  Affiliation Linnaeus University Centre for Biomaterials Chemistry, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden

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• Anna J. Henningsson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kerstin Sandholm, Anna J. Henningsson

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Microbiology, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden, Department of Infection Medicine, and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Susanne Säve,

  Affiliation Linnaeus University Centre for Biomaterials Chemistry, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden

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• Sven Bergström,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden

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• Pia Forsberg,

  Affiliation Department of Infection Medicine, and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Nina Jonsson,

  Affiliations Linnaeus University Centre for Biomaterials Chemistry, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden, Division of Clinical Immunology, Rudbeck Laboratory C5, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Jan Ernerudh,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Kristina N. Ekdahl

  * E-mail: Kristina.nilsson_ekdahl@igp.uu.se

  Affiliations Linnaeus University Centre for Biomaterials Chemistry, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden, Division of Clinical Immunology, Rudbeck Laboratory C5, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

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