Streptococcus pneumoniae potently induces cell death in mesothelial cells

• Rabab Rashwan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rabab Rashwan, Julius F. Varano della Vergiliana, Sally M. Lansley

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

  Affiliations Centre for Respiratory Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minya, Egypt

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• Julius F. Varano della Vergiliana ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rabab Rashwan, Julius F. Varano della Vergiliana, Sally M. Lansley

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Respiratory Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Medicine & Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Sally M. Lansley ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rabab Rashwan, Julius F. Varano della Vergiliana, Sally M. Lansley

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

  Affiliations Centre for Respiratory Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Medicine & Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7157-8094

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• Hui Min Cheah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Respiratory Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Medicine & Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Natalia Popowicz,

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

  Affiliations Centre for Respiratory Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Medicine & Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Department of Pharmacy, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• James C. Paton,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Grant W. Waterer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Respiratory Department, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Tiffany Townsend,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Ian Kay,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dept of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Jeremy S. Brown,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Inflammation and Tissue Repair, UCL Respiratory, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Y. C. Gary Lee

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

  * E-mail: gary.lee@uwa.edu.au

  Affiliations Centre for Respiratory Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, School of Medicine & Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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