Secreted ISG15 induced by Chlamydia trachomatis infection exerts immunomodulatory effects on IFN-γ defense and inflammation

• Yongxia Guo,

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

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

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• Sigrun V. Stulz,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Würzburg Institute of Systems Immunology, Max Planck Research Group at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgWürzburg, Germany

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• David Komla Kessie,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

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• Nadine Vollmuth,

  Roles Investigation

  Current affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

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• Tommaso Torcellan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Würzburg Institute of Systems Immunology, Max Planck Research Group at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgWürzburg, Germany

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• Klaus-Peter Knobeloch,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Georg Gasteiger,

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

  Affiliation Würzburg Institute of Systems Immunology, Max Planck Research Group at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgWürzburg, Germany

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• Thomas Rudel

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

  * E-mail: thomas.rudel@uni-wuerzburg.de

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4740-6991

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