Fungal burden, dimorphic transition and candidalysin: Role in Candida albicans-induced vaginal cell damage and mitochondrial activation in vitro

• Luca Spaggiari ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Luca Spaggiari, Andrea Ardizzoni

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

  Affiliation Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1369-0955

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• Andrea Ardizzoni ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Luca Spaggiari, Andrea Ardizzoni

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental and Morphological Sciences with Interest in Transplant, Oncological and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9845-7399

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• Francesco Ricchi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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• Natalia Pedretti,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software

  Current address: Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

  Affiliation Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental and Morphological Sciences with Interest in Transplant, Oncological and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2452-0501

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• Caterina Alejandra Squartini Ramos,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental and Morphological Sciences with Interest in Transplant, Oncological and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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• Gianfranco Bruno Squartini Ramos,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental and Morphological Sciences with Interest in Transplant, Oncological and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

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• Samyr Kenno,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Current address: Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental and Morphological Sciences with Interest in Transplant, Oncological and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

  Affiliation Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

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• Francesco De Seta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Current address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, University Vita and Salute, Milan, Italy

  Affiliations Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS, Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy

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• Eva Pericolini

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: eva.pericolini@unimore.it

  Affiliation Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental and Morphological Sciences with Interest in Transplant, Oncological and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5299-8197

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