Branched chain fatty acid synthesis drives tissue-specific innate immune response and infection dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus

• Xi Chen,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago–Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

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• Wei Ping Teoh,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago–Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4588-3022

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• Madison R. Stock,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago–Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2886-8173

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• Zachary J. Resko,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago–Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4421-5145

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• Francis Alonzo III

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

  * E-mail: falonzo@luc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago–Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8445-4218

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