Robust Antigen Specific Th17 T Cell Response to Group A Streptococcus Is Dependent on IL-6 and Intranasal Route of Infection

• Thamotharampillai Dileepan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thamotharampillai Dileepan, Jonathan L. Linehan

  * E-mail: dile0003@umn.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Jonathan L. Linehan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thamotharampillai Dileepan, Jonathan L. Linehan

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology-Center for Immunology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• James J. Moon,

  Affiliation The Center for Immunology & Inflammatory Diseases, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Marion Pepper,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology-Center for Immunology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Marc K. Jenkins ,

  ¶These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology-Center for Immunology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Patrick P. Cleary

  ¶These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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