IL-17C contributes to NTHi-induced inflammation and lung damage in experimental COPD and is present in sputum during acute exacerbations

• Giovanna Vella,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine V – Pulmonology, Allergology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

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• Felix Ritzmann,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine V – Pulmonology, Allergology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

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• Lisa Wolf,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine V – Pulmonology, Allergology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

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• Andreas Kamyschnikov,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine V – Pulmonology, Allergology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

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• Hannah Stodden,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine V – Pulmonology, Allergology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

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• Christian Herr,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine V – Pulmonology, Allergology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

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• Hortense Slevogt,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Septomics Research Center, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

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• Robert Bals,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine V – Pulmonology, Allergology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

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• Christoph Beisswenger

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: christoph.beisswenger@uks.eu

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine V – Pulmonology, Allergology and Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4391-3240

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