Interferon epsilon is produced in the testis and protects the male reproductive tract against virus infection, inflammation and damage

• Rukmali Wijayarathna ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rukmali.wijayarathna@hudson.org.au

  Affiliations Centre for Reproductive Health, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5584-1371

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• Eveline D. de Geus,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

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• Rosemary Genovese,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Reproductive Health, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

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• Linden J. Gearing,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

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• Georgie Wray-McCann,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

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• Rajini Sreenivasan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Reproductive Health, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

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• Hiba Hasan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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• Monika Fijak,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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• Peter Stanton,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Reproductive Health, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

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• Daniela Fietz,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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• Adrian Pilatz,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Paediatric Urology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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• Hans-Christian Schuppe,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Paediatric Urology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

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• Michelle D. Tate,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

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• Paul J. Hertzog,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

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• Mark P. Hedger

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Reproductive Health, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia, Department of Molecular and Translational Sciences, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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