The B-cell inhibitory receptor CD22 is a major factor in host resistance to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection

• Vitor E. Fernandes ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vsfernandes@ualg.pt (VEF); lars.nitschke@fau.de (LN); pwa@le.ac.uk (PWA)

  Current address: Centre for Biomedical Research (CBMR), University of Algarve, Campus of Gambelas, Faro, Portugal.

  Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5179-2122

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• Giuseppe Ercoli,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7326-1680

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• Alan Bénard,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7175-813X

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• Carolin Brandl,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Division of Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

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• Hannah Fahnenstiel,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Division of Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

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• Jennifer Müller-Winkler,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Division of Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

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• Georg F. Weber,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

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• Paul Denny,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Current address: HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC), European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.

  Affiliation Mammalian Genetics Unit, Medical Research Council, Harwell, United Kingdom

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• Lars Nitschke ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lars Nitschke, Peter W. Andrew

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vsfernandes@ualg.pt (VEF); lars.nitschke@fau.de (LN); pwa@le.ac.uk (PWA)

  Affiliation Division of Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7236-379X

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• Peter W. Andrew

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lars Nitschke, Peter W. Andrew

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vsfernandes@ualg.pt (VEF); lars.nitschke@fau.de (LN); pwa@le.ac.uk (PWA)

  Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

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