Discovery of Hippo signaling as a regulator of CSPG4 expression and as a therapeutic target for Clostridioides difficile disease

• Jason L. Larabee,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• D. Annie Doyle,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Ummey Khalecha Bintha Ahmed,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Tyler M. Shadid,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Rachel R. Sharp,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Cytometry Research, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Kenneth L. Jones,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations Laboratory for Molecular Biology and Cytometry Research, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Young Mi Kim,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Shibo Li,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Jimmy D. Ballard

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jimmy-ballard@ouhsc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8824-9609

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