An acidic microenvironment in Tuberculosis increases extracellular matrix degradation by regulating macrophage inflammatory responses

• Ashley M. Whittington ,

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

  * E-mail: a.whittington@nhs.net

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4009-7647

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• Frances S. Turner,

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

  Affiliation Edinburgh Genomics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Friedrich Baark,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Sam Templeman,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Daniela E. Kirwan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Infection and Immunity, St. George’s, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Candice Roufosse,

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

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Nitya Krishnan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Brian D. Robertson,

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

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Deborah L. W. Chong,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Infection and Immunity, St. George’s, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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• Joanna C. Porter,

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

  Affiliation Centre for Inflammation & Tissue Repair, Respiratory Medicine, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Robert H. Gilman,

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

  Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jon S. Friedland

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

  Affiliation Institute of Infection and Immunity, St. George’s, University of London, London, United Kingdom

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