Matrix metalloproteinase 9 facilitates Zika virus invasion of the testis by modulating the integrity of the blood-testis barrier

• Lixia Hui,

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

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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• Yiwen Nie,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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• Shihua Li,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Moujian Guo,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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• Wei Yang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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• Rui Huang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8299-1471

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• Junsen Chen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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• Yingxia Liu,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, State Key Discipline of Infectious Disease, Second Hospital Affiliated to Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, Shenzhen, China

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• Xuancheng Lu,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Laboratory Animal Center, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

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• Zhen Chen,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Tissue and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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• Qingyu Yang,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Center for Translational Medicine, Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China

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• Ying Wu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yingwu@whu.edu.cn

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Virology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Allergy and Immunology, Wuhan, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2716-6209

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