Human metapneumovirus activates NOD-like receptor protein 3 inflammasome via its small hydrophobic protein which plays a detrimental role during infection in mice

• Vuong B. Lê,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Centre, Department of microbiology-Immunology, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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• Julia Dubois,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Infectious Disease Research Centre, Department of microbiology-Immunology, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Laboratoire de Virologie et Pathologie Humaine—VirPath team, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France

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• Christian Couture,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Department of Anatomopathology and cytology, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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• Marie-Hélène Cavanagh,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Centre, Department of microbiology-Immunology, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8423-838X

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• Olus Uyar,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Centre, Department of microbiology-Immunology, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6399-5573

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• Andres Pizzorno,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratoire de Virologie et Pathologie Humaine—VirPath team, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0918-6804

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• Manuel Rosa-Calatrava,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratoire de Virologie et Pathologie Humaine—VirPath team, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France

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• Marie-Ève Hamelin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Centre, Department of microbiology-Immunology, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2921-0971

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• Guy Boivin

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Guy.Boivin@crchudequebec.ulaval.ca

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Centre, Department of microbiology-Immunology, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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