Antimicrobial peptide-producing dermal preadipocytes defend against Candida albicans skin infection via the FGFR-MEK-ERK pathway

• Jianing Wang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9850-4287

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• Zhimin Duan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition

  Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, China

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• Rong Zeng,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, China

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• Lu Yang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, China

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• Weizhao Liu,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Yiman Liu,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

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• Qian Yao,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

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• Xu Chen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chenx@pumcderm.cams.cn (XC); lingjuan.zhang@xmu.edu.cn (LjZ); limin@pumcderm.cams.cn (ML)

  Affiliations Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, China, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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• Ling-juan Zhang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chenx@pumcderm.cams.cn (XC); lingjuan.zhang@xmu.edu.cn (LjZ); limin@pumcderm.cams.cn (ML)

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

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• Min Li

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

  * E-mail: chenx@pumcderm.cams.cn (XC); lingjuan.zhang@xmu.edu.cn (LjZ); limin@pumcderm.cams.cn (ML)

  Affiliations Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Infections, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, China, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1330-2326

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