MERS-CoV ORF4b is a virulence factor involved in the inflammatory pathology induced in the lungs of mice

• Melissa Bello-Perez ,

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

  * E-mail: isola@cnb.csic.es (I.S); mloreto@cnb.csic.es (M.B.P)

  ¶‡ MB-P and JH-T contributed equally to this article. Author order was determined both alphabetically and in order of increasing seniority.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Darwin, Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9212-083X

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• Jesús Hurtado-Tamayo ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ MB-P and JH-T contributed equally to this article. Author order was determined both alphabetically and in order of increasing seniority.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Darwin, Madrid, Spain

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• Ricardo Requena-Platek,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Darwin, Madrid, Spain

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• Javier Canton,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Current address: International Institute for Defense and Security (CISDE), Seville, Spain.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Darwin, Madrid, Spain

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• Pedro José Sánchez-Cordón,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Veterinary Pathology Department, Animal Health Research Center (CISA), National Institute of Research, Agricultural and Food Technology (INIA-CSIC), Valdeolmos, Madrid, Spain

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• Raúl Fernandez-Delgado,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Current address: Department. Infectious Diseases And One Health. Animal Health Research Center (CISA). National Institute of Research, Agricultural and Food Technology (INIA-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Darwin, Madrid, Spain

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• Luis Enjuanes,

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

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Darwin, Madrid, Spain

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• Isabel Sola

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

  * E-mail: isola@cnb.csic.es (I.S); mloreto@cnb.csic.es (M.B.P)

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Center of Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Darwin, Madrid, Spain

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5704-1917

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