α-Hemolysin promotes uropathogenic E. coli persistence in bladder epithelial cells via abrogating bacteria-harboring lysosome acidification

• Manisha Naskar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Manisha Naskar, Viraj P. Parekh

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

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• Viraj P. Parekh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Manisha Naskar, Viraj P. Parekh

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Mathew A. Abraham,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Zehra Alibasic,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

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• Min Jung Kim,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

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• Gyeongseo Suk,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

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• Joo Hwan Noh,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

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• Kwan Young Ko,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Joonha Lee,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

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• Chungho Kim,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

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• Hana Yoon,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Ewha Womans University, College of medicine, Seoul, South Korea

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• Soman N. Abraham,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Hae Woong Choi

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: haewoongchoi@korea.ac.kr

  ¶‡ Lead contact.

  Affiliation Division of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9372-1875

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