Mutations in EEA1 are associated with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and affect phagocytosis of Aspergillus fumigatus by human macrophages

• Nicola L. D. Overton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology Group, CRUK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Manchester Fungal Infection Group (MFIG), Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0962-0268

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• Axel A. Brakhage,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

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• Andreas Thywißen,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany

  Affiliations Department of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

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• David W. Denning,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Manchester Fungal Infection Group (MFIG), Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, The National Aspergillosis Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5626-2251

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• Paul Bowyer

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Paul.Boywer@manchester.ac.uk

  Affiliation Manchester Fungal Infection Group (MFIG), Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1083-9286

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