Epstein-Barr virus DNA modulates regulatory T-cell programming in addition to enhancing interleukin-17A production via Toll-like receptor 9

• Noor Salloum,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Hadi M. Hussein,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Rana Jammaz,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Sara Jiche,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Imad W. Uthman,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Alexander M. Abdelnoor,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

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• Elias A. Rahal

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: er00@aub.edu.lb

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1096-7042

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