Staphylococcus aureus biofilm elicits the expansion, activation and polarization of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in vivo and in vitro

• Kuo-Ti Peng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Ching-Chuan Hsieh,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Tsung-Yu Huang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliations Division of Infection Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Pei-Chun Chen,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Hsin-Nung Shih,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Mel S. Lee ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision

  * E-mail: peyjiumc@mail.cgu.edu.tw (PJC); mellee@cgmh.org.tw (MSL)

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Pey-Jium Chang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: peyjiumc@mail.cgu.edu.tw (PJC); mellee@cgmh.org.tw (MSL)

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Nephrology, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6492-0346

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