Single-cell analysis reveals an important role of CD137L⁺ macrophages in the host response to uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection in the bladder

• Yaxiao Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yaxiao Liu, Zizhuo Yang

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of Urology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Zizhuo Yang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yaxiao Liu, Zizhuo Yang

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

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Key Laboratory of Urinary Precision Diagnosis and Treatment in Universities of Shandong, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Yinrui Xiang,

  Roles Validation

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Guangzhou Cheng,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Tengzhou Central People’s Hospital, Tengzhou, Shandong, China

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• Lipeng Chen,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Shuai Wang,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Maolin Zang,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Nan Zhou,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Xiaoyi Zhang,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Rui Chen,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Benkang Shi ,

  Roles Conceptualization

  * E-mail: yanli@sdu.edu.cn (YL), bkang68@sdu.edu.cn (BSK)

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Key Laboratory of Urinary Precision Diagnosis and Treatment in Universities of Shandong, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shenzhen Research Institute of Shandong University, Shenzhen, China

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• Yan Li

  Roles Conceptualization

  * E-mail: yanli@sdu.edu.cn (YL), bkang68@sdu.edu.cn (BSK)

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Key Laboratory of Urinary Precision Diagnosis and Treatment in Universities of Shandong, Jinan, Shandong, China, Shenzhen Research Institute of Shandong University, Shenzhen, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5710-2318

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