SARS-CoV-2-induced cytokine storm drives prolonged testicular injury and functional impairment in mice that are mitigated by dexamethasone

• Stefanos Giannakopoulos,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Jin Pak,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Jackson Bakse,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Biogenesis Research, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Monika A. Ward,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Biogenesis Research, John A Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Vivek R. Nerurkar,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Michelle D. Tallquist,

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

  Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

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• Saguna Verma

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: saguna@hawaii.edu

  Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4194-8327

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