The PD-1/PD-L1 pathway is induced during Borrelia burgdorferi infection and inhibits T cell joint infiltration without compromising bacterial clearance

• Jennifer D. Helble,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Julie E. McCarthy,

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

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Machlan Sawden,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Michael N. Starnbach,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Linden T. Hu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Linden.Hu@tufts.edu

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1659-5558

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