The opportunistic intracellular bacterial pathogen Rhodococcus equi elicits type I interferon by engaging cytosolic DNA sensing in macrophages

• Krystal J. Vail,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1964-7985

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• Bibiana Petri da Silveira,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5588-2851

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• Samantha L. Bell,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5453-3203

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• Noah D. Cohen,

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

  Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0384-2903

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• Angela I. Bordin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7678-3908

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• Kristin L. Patrick,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

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• Robert O. Watson

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

  * E-mail: robert.watson@tamu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4976-0759

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